Spanish Garlic Soup

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 12 cloves garlic
• 1 ounce jamon serrano, finely minced (spanish dry-cured ham or similar substitute)
• 4 cups water
• 4 ounces bread, cubed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 eggs
• salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 peel garlic and cut into large chunks.
• 2 heat oil in a saucepan.
• 3 when oil is hot, add garlic and bread cubes and sauté until lightly browned.
• 4 add water, salt, pepper and paprika and simmer, covered, for 5-10 minutes until bread looks as if it is dissolving.
• 5 add jamon serrano and stir.
• 6 crack two eggs into the soup (do not stir), and allow the eggs to poach until they are set (about 4 minutes).
• 7 stir only very slightly and serve.