Garlic Lovers' Soup With Cheese And White Wine: Billomoise

Serves: 3

Cierra Adams

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

44

Spice

43

Sweetness

52

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.1

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 medium

Onion (halved)

1 tsp

Salt

Directions:

1

Watch how to make this recipe

2

Place the unpeeled garlic cloves in a mortar and crush them with a pestle, or put them in a small plastic bag and pound them with a rolling pin

3

Put the garlic, skins and all, in a heavy 4-quart soup pot and add the onion, water, salt, thyme, and bay leaf

4

Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, partially cover, and simmer slowly for 30 minutes

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Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F

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While the garlic simmers, place the croutes on baking sheet and sprinkle with the grated Cantal cheese

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Reserve

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Place 6 soup plates in the oven to heat

9

Put the butter in a bowl and mash with a wooden spoon until it is a soft paste

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Add the flour and egg yolks and combine thoroughly

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At the end of the garlic cooking time, strain the garlic broth through a fine-mesh sieve and return it to the pot

12

Slowly, a few tablespoons at a time, add 1 to 1 1/2 cups of the hot broth to the butter-egg mixture, whisking to combine thoroughly

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Off the heat, put the egg-broth mixture into the pot, stirring until the soup is creamy and thoroughly blended

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Remove the soup plates from the oven and increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees F

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When the oven is fully preheated, place the baking sheet with the cheese-covered croutes, in the oven for a few moments to melt the cheese

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Add the white wine to taste to the soup and place over low heat, stirring occasionally

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Do not allow the soup to boil

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Taste and add more salt if needed

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When thoroughly heated, remove the soup from the heat

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Place the cheese-glazed croutes in the bottom of the heated soup plates and top with the hot soup

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Serve immediately