Cuban Garlic Soup

A fragrant Cuban soup of fried garlic and stale bread, served either puréed as a cream soup or thickened with beaten eggs.

Ingredients

2-3 глави/heads	garlic, peeled cloves lightly crushed
2-3 чаени чаши/teacups	pieces of stale bread
—	ground red pepper (paprika)
1-2 кубчета/cubes	chicken or vegetable stock cubes
1 л/L	water
1 чаена чаша/teacup	grated white cheese or kashkaval
1 чаена чаша/teacup	milk
2	eggs (second variation)
—	dry herbs or ground hot red pepper

Fry 2-3 heads of peeled, lightly crushed garlic cloves. Once lightly golden, add 2-3 teacups of stale bread pieces.
When the bread turns golden, sprinkle with ground paprika and 1-2 chicken or vegetable stock cubes crushed to a powder, then pour in 1 L water.
Let it simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally.
Add 1 teacup of grated cheese or kashkaval and 1 teacup of milk and leave a little longer over very low heat.
You may purée it with an immersion blender or in a blender and serve as a cream soup. Second variation: pour 2 lightly beaten eggs into the soup and stir well — when the soup turns to "threads", it is ready.
Season with dry herbs or ground hot red pepper.