The name literally means "boiled water" but this soup is a masterpiece of how to extract flavor out of only two ingredients — garlic and sage.
Ingredients
Soup
12 cloves garlic
12 large sage leaves
6 cups water
2 tbsp olive oil
salt
pepper
Toast
baguette (sliced)
1 clove garlic
gruyère (grated)
Recipe
For the toast, rub the garlic clove on the baguette. Top with the grated gruyère and stick in the broiler until the cheese has melted. If you have stale baguette slices, this will work even better. You can even skip this step and just use the stale slices.
Put the garlic and sage leaves with the water and olive oil and bring to a boil. Let it cook for about 10 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Purée the mixture really fine. Serve by pouring it over the toast.
