Creamy Roasted Garlic Soup
For an easy soup recipe with a bold flavor try Creamy Roasted Garlic Soup. Made with fresh garlic and potatoes, sprinkle with cheese for a hearty meal that will keep you warm. This will become a family favorite all year round.
Ingredients
- 2 heads fresh garlic
- olive oil, to taste
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup cream
- 2 small potatoes, baked, skins removed
- 2 tablespoon Cognac
- 1/8 teaspoon fresh dill
- salt, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place garlic heads on cookie sheet, sprinkle with olive oil and bake in oven for 1 hour. Let cool.Cut off end of each clove and squeeze out contents. (Garlic will be soft and creamy.) Set aside.
- Saute chopped onion in butter until softened. Add buttermilk and cream and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Pour mixture into a food processor. Rice potato and add with garlic to onion and buttermilk mixture. Puree until smooth.
- Return mixture to saute pan. Add cognac, dill and salt. Heat thoroughly. If soup is too thin, add additional potato. If soup is too thick, add additional buttermilk.