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Česnečka

Name: Česnečka
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Czech Republic
Ingredients: 6 cloves Garlic; 2 Potato; 1/2 Onion; 2 tsp Chicken bouillon; A pinch Thyme; 20g Butter; 2 Bread; 60g Melting Cheese; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Soup

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

A soup loaded with garlic, topped with fried bread and cheese — the Czech hangover cure.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Česnečka is a Czech soup made with lots of garlic and scented with potato, caraway, and marjoram. Crisp fried bread and cheese go into the bowl and the hot soup is poured over. Said to cure colds and hangovers, it's a humble dish loved alongside the Czech beer culture.

🌆 Where it's eaten: The morning after too much beer, someone at a small Prague eatery takes a sip of steaming garlic soup and feels their energy return.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Garlic 6 cloves
Potato 2
Onion 1/2
Chicken bouillon 2 tsp
Thyme A pinch
Butter 20g
Bread 2
Melting Cheese 60g
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Melt butter in a pot and sauté the chopped onion.
Add the diced potato, 1L water, chicken stock powder, and thyme and simmer 15 minutes.
Add grated garlic, plus a little more just before turning off the heat for aroma.
Season with salt and pepper.
Cube the bread and toast in a frying pan until crisp.
Put the bread and cheese in bowls and pour over the hot soup.

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