Oven Roasted Garlic Potato Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 heads fresh garlic
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 -5 potatoes, peeled and cubed in large chunks
• 2 large onions, peeled and diced
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can chicken broth
• 2 cups water
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup half-and-half cream or 1 cup milk
• boiled pasta such as macaroni, stars etc. any small variety of pasta will do

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 remove any papery skin from the fresh heads of garlic. cut a little off the tops of garlic heads to expose fresh garlic and drizzle olive oil over top.
• 3 place garlic in an oven safe baking dish.cover and bake for 45 minutes.let garlic cool before going to next steps.
• 4 in a large soup pot on medium high heat, pour olive oil that remained from the roasting period and squeeze the garlic bulbs to release cloves into a large soup pot.
• 5 add diced onion and cubed potatoes.
• 6 saute for 2-3 minutes.
• 7 add in chicken broth,water,salt and pepper.
• 8 bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmer for 15 minutes.
• 9 using a wire whisk, gently smash potatoes in the pot although leaving some chunks of potato for texture. if you prefer a creamed soup then smash more or remove potatoes from the pot and blend in a blender.
• 10 add in cream or milk and wait till soup comes back to a slow boil.
• 11 add in a couple of spoon fulls of your pasta.enjoy.