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The Hirshon Finnish Garlic Soup – Valkosipulikeitto


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Ingredients

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  • 2 quarts chicken stock
  • 1/2 cup apple cider
  • 1/2 cup dark beer such as Heineken
  • 3 heads of garlic, cloves separated and peeled
  • 1 head of roasted garlic, pulp squeezed out of cloves
  • 3 large potatoes, peeled and roughly cut into small pieces
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 tablespoons freshly ground pepper
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons thyme
  • 3 cloves, ground to a powder
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 6 sprigs parsley
  • 3 pinches of nutmeg
  • 2 tablespoons bacon fat
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • Bacon fat
  • Parsley
  • Rye croutons
  • Sprigs of fresh thyme


Instructions

  1. Boil the chicken stock, beer, cider, garlic, potatoes, salt, pepper, thyme, cloves, nutmeg, bay leaves, parsley, and bacon fat together slowly for 45 minutes.
  2. Remove bay leaves and puree the soup with an immersion blender (or let cool and put into a food processor) until smooth.
  3. Whisk the egg yolks for one minute while slowly adding the olive oil, as you would for mayonnaise.
  4. Put bacon fat and parsley in a blender, combine to make a dark green oil.
  5. When ready to serve, place a generous spoonful of the mayonnaise in the bottom of a heated soup bowl.
  6. Add hot (or reheated) soup and stir briefly. Decorate soup with drops of the parsley oil, croutons and thyme sprigs and serve.
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  • Category: Recipes

Nutrition

  • Calories: 613.74 kcal
  • Sugar: 13.24 g
  • Sodium: 1893.15 mg
  • Fat: 20.61 g
  • Saturated Fat: 5.54 g
  • Trans Fat: 0.0 g
  • Carbohydrates: 86.15 g
  • Fiber: 8.62 g
  • Protein: 21.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 57.06 mg
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