Chilled Almond and Garlic Soup

Name: Chilled Almond and Garlic Soup
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: 1 large Spanish onion; 2 large heads garlic; 2 rounded teaspoons caster sugar; 1.2 litres/2 pints milk; 1 level tablespoon tomato purée; 100 g/4 oz ground almonds; 2 teaspoons paprika; 3 tablespoons lemon juice; 60 ml/2 fl oz extra virgin olive oil; 3-4 good pinches cayenne pepper; salt

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Josceline Dimbleby’s Complete Cookbook

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1997

About

This soup was inspired by the garlic soups of Spain, which are usually served hot. The garlic is cooked until it has become irresistibly sweet.

Ingredients

2 large heads garlic
1 large Spanish onion
1.2 litres/

Europe
Spain
Soup
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Peel the cloves of garlic but keep them whole. Peel the onion and chop roughly. Put the garlic cloves and onion into a large saucepan and add 300 ml/½ pint of the milk. Bring to bubbling, then cover and si