Garlic Soup

Velásquez’s painting, ‘Old Lady Cooking Eggs’, which hangs in the National Gallery of Scotland, is readily conjured up when we make this soup. Despite regional variations, the main ingredients always remain the same: garlic, eggs, bread and paprika. But do not be misled by what you might consider simple and perhaps unexciting elements, for this noble and sustaining soup is a classic throughout Spain, especially in Castilla-La Mancha. We tasted this version in a famous restaurant called Mesó