Try This Delicious Garlic Soup

This garlic soup – also known as Castilian soup – is one of those traditional and impeccable ‘grandma’s recipes’. This article will show you how to make a cheap and delicious garlic soup.

The health benefits of garlic

Besides being known for its good taste and aroma, it also has a high nutritional value. Below you can read how the nutritional value improves your health. So don’t hesitate and try this delicious garlic soup!

Very nutritious, but low in calories

Garlic is not only very healthy, it is also great for weight loss. This food contains few calories but many essential vitamins and minerals, which help our metabolism function properly.

A 30 gram serving of garlic contains barely 40 calories and less than 10 grams of carbohydrates. However, it is rich in vitamins C and B6, manganese, selenium and also contains a small percentage of protein. It also contains a reasonable amount of calcium, potassium, iron, phosphorus and vitamin B1.

Allicin: the secret of garlic

Traditionally, garlic has been used as a natural remedy for digestive ailments and complaints. It is currently estimated that garlic’s many properties are related to a high content of a sulfur-containing compound called allicin.

Garlic: a powerful antioxidant

Today, antioxidants are highly sought after and highly valued. Yet few people know that they have a powerful and inexpensive antioxidant in their kitchen: garlic.

Garlic contains vitamin C and flavonoids that work to fight free radicals and prevent cell damage. Eating garlic daily reduces fatigue of the cardiovascular structure in patients with high blood pressure. Also, the antioxidant effect of garlic helps to delay the symptoms of dementia and the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

Strengthen your immune system with garlic

You’ve probably heard that garlic tea is the best remedy for a cold. Taking garlic supplements daily can reduce your risk of catching a cold by as much as 60%.

The recipe of this delicious garlic soup: practical and cheap

Ingredients (for 6 people)

• 10 garlic cloves
• 6 eggs (optional)
• 12 slices of hard bread (72 grams)
• 1 piece of Serrano ham of 150 grams
• 50 ml extra virgin olive oil
• Pepper, salt and paprika powder (to taste)
• 2.5 liters of meat stock (you can also use chicken and vegetable stock)

Preparation

• The first step to make this delicious garlic soup is to peel and cut the main ingredient: the garlic cloves. Cut them into slices, but make sure they are not too thin.
• Pour some olive oil into a large pan and heat it on the stove. Once the oil has heated up, add the garlic and fry the garlic until lightly browned. The garlic usually browns very quickly, so be careful not to burn it.

• Then add the serrano ham (cut into cubes) and fry it lightly. Again, make sure it doesn’t burn or dry out.
• The next step is to add the slices of hard bread and toast with the fried garlic and Serrano ham.
• When the toast is ready, remove the pan from the heat, add the paprika and stir well. Add as much paprika powder as you like, according to your own taste.
• When the ingredients are well mixed and have taken on the color of paprika, return the pan to the stove over low heat so that the garlic and paprika do not burn.
• Add the heated stock after all the ingredients have heated up. The stock gives the soup a better taste than water.

• Let the soup cook on low heat for 20 to 25 minutes. It is best not to stir the soup and let it boil slowly.
• While you wait for it to boil, toast the other six slices of bread in a pan with some olive oil.
• After 20 minutes, add the toasted bread slices to the soup and let them soften. Season with salt and pepper and stir well.