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Ingredients

• 4 garlic heads (about ½ lb), unpeeled
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 6 tbsp unsalted butter
• 4 leeks (white part only), chopped
• 1 onion, diced
• 6 tbsp all purpose flour
• 4 cups chicken stock or canned broth
• ¼ cup dry sherry
• 1 cup whipping cream
• fresh lemon juice
• salt
• ground white pepper
• 2 tbsp chives, chopped
  

Preparation & Cooking Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Cut off top ¼" of each garlic head. Place garlic heads in small shallow baking dish. Drizzle oil over. Bake until golden, about 1 hour. Cool slightly. Press individual garlic cloves between thumb and finger to release garlic oil. Chop garlic.
3. Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat.
4. Add garlic, leeks and onion and sauté until onion is translucent, about 8 minutes.
5. Reduce heat to low. Add flour and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. Stir in hot stock and Sherry. Simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
7. Cool slightly. Puree soup in batches in blender or processor. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
8. Return soup to saucepan.
9. Add cream and simmer until thickened, about 10 minutes.
10. Add lemon juice to taste. Season with salt and white pepper.
11. Garnish with chives.

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