Poached Garlic Soup
"This Poached Garlic Soups is a definite "10." Your guests will never believe how much garlic there is in this soup. After the garlic has been cooked slowly for a certain length of time, it loses its harsh rawness and becomes delicate and refined. It's hard to say exactly how or at what stage this happens - it is one of those mysteries which makes cooking so fascinating...."
INGREDIENTS
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30 cloves garlic, peeled
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7 cups good-quality vegetable or chicken broth, divided*
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Toasted Garlic-Butter Bread (see recipe below)
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1/2 cup butter
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1/2 cup chopped white onion
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8 small new potatoes, peeled, diced, and reserved in cold water
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Salt and pepper
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