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soupe à l’ail

garlic soup

Green garlic soup

Unlike tourin, typical French soupe à l’ail or garlic soup contains no duck fat: it’s made up of a huge number of garlic cloves, water, olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme, with an egg beaten in at the end.

Soups, stews and casseroles

Text © Dana Facaros

Image by Jules Morgan from Montreal, Canada