Cream of Garlic Soup with Garlic Croutons

Garlic, garlic and more garlic: what could be more divine! My creamy garlic soup recipe calls for four bulbs of garlic – yes, that’s right, bulbs not cloves! – but stay with me a few moments longer and judge me not. While raw garlic is a powerful ingredient that can feel like a sharp elbow to the tastebuds, in this recipe I’m using roasted garlic which is an entirely different ball game. Once roasted, fresh garlic cloves take on a sweet, mellow, almost nutty flavour. These are the bedrock o