Total Steps
12
Ingredients
10
Tools Needed
5
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- 3 tablespoons oil
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
- 8 slices bread
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 litre vegetable stock
- salt(optional)
- 1 egg egg
- beaten egg(optional)
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 200 grams ham
Instructions
Step 1
Heat the oil in a pan, add the garlic and sauté until golden.
Step 2
Add the slices of bread to allow them to colour a little.
Step 3
Add the paprika, and immediately afterwards the vegetable stock, so that the paprika does not become bitter.
Step 4
Allow the soup to simmer over a gentle heat for half an hour.
Step 5
Pre-heat the oven to 200 C/400 F/Gas 6.
Step 6
Check for seasoning and add salt if necessary.
Step 7
Take some heat-resistant earthenware soup bowls and pour the soup into them.
Step 8
Break an egg into each bowl.
Step 9
Brush the rims and the outside tops of the bowls with a little beaten egg.
Step 10
Cut circles of puff pastry, about a centimetre or so larger than the top of the bowls, seal around the rim and brush with beaten egg.
Step 11
You can decorate the pastry if you wish.
Step 12
Put the bowls into the oven for 10-15 minutes until the pastry is golden and has formed a dome over the soup.