Roasted Garlic Potato Soup without Cream
Roasted garlic blended into a simple broth with onion, potato and herbs.
Roasting turns two heads of garlic sweet and mellow before they meet the soup pot. Wrap the heads and bake them until the cloves are soft enough to squeeze out of their skins. Meanwhile, cook an onion in olive oil and simmer a diced potato in one liter of broth with thyme and parsley. Add the roasted garlic once the potato is tender and blend the soup to a smooth finish, thinning with a little warm broth if needed. The source gives no cream, so the potato supplies the body. Taste before adding salt, especially if your broth is seasoned. Serve with toast for a simple lunch.

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Roasted Garlic Potato Soup without Cream
Equipment: Oven, foil, soup pot, immersion blender
Ingredients
Instructions
Roast garlic
Wrap whole garlic heads and bake at 180°C for 30–40 minutes until cloves soften.
Start soup
Soften diced onion in olive oil in a soup pot.
Simmer
Add diced potato, broth, thyme and parsley; cook until potato is tender.
Blend
Squeeze roasted garlic from skins into soup and blend carefully until smooth.
Season
Adjust salt and pepper and serve hot.
How to tell when it is ready
Garlic is soft and potato tender; blended soup is smooth.
Tips
- Roast heads until squeezably soft.
- Use a starchy potato for body.
- Taste broth before salting.
- Thin with warm broth if needed.
Serving suggestions
- Offer with garlic toast.
- Top with fresh parsley.
- Add a green salad.
- Sprinkle black pepper.
Make ahead
Prepare ingredients ahead and keep perishable items cold until cooking or serving.
Storage
Refrigerate covered up to 3 days.
Food safety
Vent a countertop blender when puréeing hot soup, or use an immersion blender.
Frequently asked questions
Does this soup need cream?
No. Blended potato gives the source recipe its creamy body.
How should I store roasted garlic and potato soup?
Refrigerate covered up to 3 days.
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