Chicken Garlic Soup

Ingredients

• olive oil and butter
• 2 medium-sized potatoes, peeled and diced
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 8 - 12 garlic cloves, half to be bruised and sliced, half to be minced or crushed
• 1 1/2 litres chicken stock, preferably homemade, see below
• ~ 300g cooked chicken, skin and bones removed
• 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
• some thyme
• bunch of chives, chopped
• bunch of parsley
• salt
• pepper
• single cream
• Parmesan or Grana Padano cheese