Bread Soup (Asordo) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 lb French bread stale loaf
• 5 x Garlic cloves minced fine
• 3 Tbsp. Extra virgin olive oil
• 2 quart Chicken stock fresh or possibly canned
• 1/2 lb Shrimp peeled Warm-Pepper Oil Sauce - (Piri Piri) see * Note Salt to taste
• 4 x Large eggs whole
• 1 sprg Fresh parsley minced

Instructions

1. Break the bread up into small pcs and soak in water till it is soft.
2. Squeeze out the water and set the bread aside.
3. In a soup pot toast the garlic in the extra virgin olive oil just till it begins to barely brown.
4. Add in the chicken stock to the pot and bring to a simmer.
5. Add in the bread to the pot and simmer, making a thick soup.
6. Add in the shrimp, salt to taste and Piri Piri to taste.
7. Cook for a moment.
8. Place the soup in a tureen and garnish with the parsley.
9. Break the Large eggs on top of the soup.
10. Bring to the table and stir the Large eggs into the soup before serving.
11. Comments: As much as it is loved, bread soup was a peasant dish in the old country, and when the Portuguese came to this country it continued to be a favorite way of using old bread.