• Prepare the vegetables. Remove the papery skin and slice the garlic cloves, peel the potatoes and chop them as well as the onion.
• In a large deep pot, heat up olive oil on medium high heat then add the chopped onions and sauté for 3 to 5 minutes or until they are translucent.
• Add the sliced or diced garlic and sauté just until it releases its fragrance.
• Add the potato chunks followed by your vegetable broth. Let this cook for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender.
• Once the potatoes are cooked, you can remove the soup from the heat. Use an immense blender to blend the soup.
• Add cream to the garlic soup and do a taste test, if you need to add salt go ahead.
• Finely chop the coriander and add it to the pot of soup and give it a good stir. Your garlic soup is ready to be served.

Prepare the Toppings

• Slice the Spam into thin pieces. Heat a frying pan over medium heat and cook the slices on both sides until crispy. Once done, chop the Spam into small tiny sized pieces.
• Use the same pan you cooked the Spam/bacon in to toast slices of bread. The leftover fat from the Spam adds extra flavor! You can toast your croutons in the oven as well.
• If using a block of cheese, grate it now. If you bought shredded cheese, you’re ready to go!

Assemble and Serve

• Ladle the soup into bowls. Top each bowl with toasted croutons, crispy Spam or crispy bacon, and a sprinkle of grated cheese.