Roasted garlic soup with potatoes, kale, and bacon

Creamy and silky soup is filled with four heads of roasted garlic along with yellow potatoes, kale, and crispy bacon for a warming and delicious winter soup. 

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It's National Soup Swap Day! I'm sharing this new soup recipe along with a bunch from some blogger friends that you can find at the bottom of this post. This soup is for all the garlic lovers out there!

And, yes, you read that correctly - four heads, not cloves, of garlic infuse this soup broth for a fragrant, delicious, and sweet roasted garlic flavor. Since the garlic is roasted, it loses its strong and pungent flavor and transforms into a sweeter and mellower garlic flavor. Roasted garlic flavor is completely different than raw garlic flavor. 

How do you roast garlic? It's very simple! You just need to cut the tops off each head to expose the cloves. Then drizzle them with a little olive oil and sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Then you wrap the heads of garlic in foil and roast in the oven until tender.

Yellow potatoes, hearty kale, and salty crisp bacon are added to the garlicky broth along with Parmesan cheese. These flavors all come together for a perfectly warming and delicious cold weather soup.

Serve this soup with a loaf of crusty bread, skillet sourdough cornbread, sourdough biscuits, or any of your favorite dinner rolls for a complete meal. Or, serve as a starter to a larger meal or with a sandwich.

Yield: 4 servings

Author: Amy (Savory Moments)

Roasted Garlic Soup with Potatoes, Kale, & Bacon

Creamy and silky soup is filled with four heads of roasted garlic along with yellow potatoes, kale, and crispy bacon for a warming and delicious winter soup.

Ingredients

• 4 heads of garlic
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 5 slices bacon
• 1 medium sweet yellow onion, chopped
• 4 cups vegetable or chicken broth
• 2 large yellow potatoes, diced (about 2.5 cups)
• 2 packed cups packed finely chopped kale
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for topping

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Slice the tops off of each head of garlic so that each clove is exposed. Place head head cut side-up in a piece of foil. Drizzle the garlic with about 1/2 teaspoon olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Repeat with all four heads. Place them on a baking sheet and place in the oven for about 45-50 minutes, until the cloves are soft. Let cool so you can handle it.
3. In a soup pot, cook the bacon over medium heat until crispy. Remove the bacon to a paper towel and drain the bacon grease from the soup pan, leaving about a tablespoon. Add the onion along with a pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper and cook until translucent.
4. Squeeze the garlic into a blender trying to get out as much garlic as possible. Add the broth and blend until smooth.
5. Add the garlic broth to the pot and stir well. Let the mixture come to a low boil and then stir in the potatoes and kale. Cook at a low boil, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened.
6. Turn the heat to low and stir in the heavy cream. Warm though. Remove the soup from the heat and whisk in the Parmesan. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
7. Top each bowl with crumbled bacon and extra grated Parmesan.

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National Soup Swap Day 2021

Happy National Soup Swap Day! Today, I'm linking up with other bloggers for a virtual soup swap hosted by Kate's Recipe Box - and we're all sharing some tasty soup recipes to warm you up!

• Alphabet Soup from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Dairy Free Cream of Asparagus Soup from Frugal & Fit
• Quick Vegetable Soup from Cheese Curd in Paradise
• Clean the Refrigerator Soup from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Roasted Garlic Soup with Potatoes, Kale, & Bacon from Savory Moments
• Cream of Mushroom Soup from Kathryn's Kitchen Blog
• 30 Minute Two Bean Tomato Soup from Blogghetti
• Vichyssoise from That Recipe
• Rotisserie Chicken Alphabet Soup from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
• Chicken and Black Bean Vegetable Soup from Palatable Pastime
• Potato and Spinach Soup from Magical Ingredients
• Conch Soup from HomeMadeZagat
• Copycat Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup from Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
• Slow-Cooker Pasta Fagioli Soup from A Little Fish in the Kitchen
• Corn Chowder from House of Nash Eats
• Lobster Bisque from The Redhead Baker
• Bacon-Cheddar Cauliflower Chowder from The Spiffy Cookie
• Hong Kong Style Spam & Egg Macaroni Soup from Making Miracles
• Cauliflower Cheddar Soup from Devour Dinner
• Chicken Pot Pie Soup from Hostess at Heart