Garlic soup

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Sopa de ajo (Spanish)
Austrian garlic soup

Garlic soup is a type of soup using garlic as a main ingredient. In Spanish cuisine, sopa de ajo ('soup of garlic') is a traditional garlic soup made with bread and egg[1] poached in chicken broth, and laced with garlic[2] and sherry.

By country

Czech Republic

Česnečka (Czech)

In the Czech Republic, garlic soup is called česnečka.[3] It is made with garlic and potatoes and topped with fried bread.[4] Sometimes cheese, ham or eggs are added.[citation needed]

France

Versions of garlic soup have been prepared in Provence, France.[5][6]

Mexico

Versions of garlic soup similar to Spanish versions are prepared in Mexico.[2]

Poland

In Poland, garlic soup is sometimes called zupa na gwoździu (literally soup on the nail).[7]

In Upper Silesia, the traditional wodzionka soup has a garlic-based version, made with diced garlic, hard-boiled egg, potatoes and fried bread.

Slovakia

Cesnačka is also a part of Slovak cuisine.[3]

Spain

Sopa de ajo

In Spain, egg whites are sometimes whipped into the soup, as with

sopa blanca de ajos (white bean garlic soup) is a tradition.[citation needed
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