White Garlic Soup - Ajo Blanco
Watch our video recipe on how to easily make Spanish White Garlic Soup, known as ¨Ajo Blanco¨ in Spain. This is a refreshing and healthy soup. Salud!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 2 hr
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- 1/2 Cup Blanched Almonds (soaked in water for 1 hour and drained)
- 4 Slices of Baguette Bread
- 2 Cups Cold Water
- 3 Tbsp Extra Virgin Spanish Olive Oil
- 1 Tsp Red Wine Vinegar
- 1 Peeled Clove of Garlic
- Seedless Green Grapes
- Sea Salt
Instructions
- 1
Add 4 slices of a baguette to a bowl, add 1 cup of cold water to the bowl, and soak the bread for about 10 minutes
- 2
Using a tall plastic cylinder, add 1 cup of blanched almonds, the 4 slices of baguette that have been soaking in water, 1 clove of garlic, 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar, 3 tablespoons extra virgin Spanish olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt and 1/2 cup cold water
- 3
Using a handheld mixer, mix everything in the cylinder for about 3 minutes, until you get a smooth puree
- 4
Cover the plastic cylinder with seran wrap and add to the refrigerator for at least 2 hours
- 5
Grab about 10 seedless green grapes, cut them in half and remove the skin, set aside
- 6
Once your puree has cooled in the refrigerator, take it out, remove the seran wrap and stir the puree with a spoon
- 7
Add the puree into 2 shallow bowls, garnish with the cut grapes on top of the soup and drizzle with a little extra virgin Spanish olive oil
- 8
Salud!