Sopa Alenteejana

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 12 cups defatted chicken broth
• 10 garlic cloves, lightly bruised and peeled
• 10 fresh fresh cilantro stems, with stems and roots, roots lightly crushed
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 4 black peppercorns
• 6 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
• 1 tablespoon coarse salt
• lemon zest, freshly grated
• 1 cup cilantro, leaves and stems coarsely chopped
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, for garnish
• 6 large eggs, at room temperature
• 6 pieces cornbread, thinly sliced and lightly toasted
• 3 tablespoons cilantro leaves, coarsely chopped for garnish

Recipe

• 1 enriched broth:.
• 2 place broth, garlic, cilantro, olive oil, and peppercorns in a large heavy pot.
• 3 bring to a boil, reducing heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered for 20 minutes.
• 4 strain broth and return it to the pot, keeping warm.
• 5 sopa:.
• 6 place garlic, salt, lemon zest in a food processor and pulse on and off until finely chopped.
• 7 add cilantro and process until just smooth.
• 8 with the machine running, drizzle in 3 tablespoons oil through the feed tube and process until just smooth.
• 9 scrape the puree into a bowl ans set aside.
• 10 bring the strained broth to a simmer and eggs one at a time in the broth for 2 minutes.
• 11 remove with slotted spoon and set aside.
• 12 poach egg:.
• 13 crack one egg into a bowl.
• 14 then give the broth a gentle stir and while the broth is whirling slide the egg into the center of the broth whirl.
• 15 repeat for each egg.
• 16 re-strain broth if desired and simmer until heated through.
• 17 to serve, place 2 tablespoons of the cilantro puree in the bottom of each of 6 shallow bowls.
• 18 lay a slice of toasted corn bread on top of each puree.
• 19 top each slice of bread with a poached egg and ladle the hot broth over the eggs.
• 20 garnish with the 3 tablespoons of chopped cilantro and drizzle each serving with a little of the olive oil.
• 21 serve immediately.