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.
In the Czech Republic, garlic soup is called česnečka. It is made with garlic and potatoes and topped with fried bread.[3] Sometimes cheese, ham or eggs are added.
Versions of garlic soup have been prepared in Provence, France.[4] [5]
Versions of garlic soup similar to Spanish versions are prepared in Mexico.[2]
In Poland, garlic soup is sometimes called zupa na gwoździu (literally soup on the nail).[6]
In Upper Silesia, the traditional wodzionka soup has a garlic-based version, made with diced garlic, hard-boiled egg, potatoes and fried bread.
Cesnačka is also a part of Slovak cuisine.
In Spain, egg whites are sometimes whipped into the soup, as with egg drop soup. Sopa de ajo[7] is a traditional winter soup in Palencia and Valladolid where it is made with bread mixed with pepper, water and garlic. It is cooked slowly and a raw egg is often whipped into the soup as it is served. Sopa de ajo is also traditional in Castilian-Leonese cuisine and Castilian-Manchego cuisine. In Extremaduran cuisine, sopa blanca de ajos (white bean garlic soup) is a tradition.