Extraordinary French Onion Soup
From chefmeow 16 years ago
- 50 minutes to make
- Serves 4
This is an incredible soup. So full of great flavors. I can never eat just one bowl full. It's awesome.
Ingredients
- 4 slices French bread shopping list
- 2 tablespoons butter shopping list
- 3 medium onions thinly sliced shopping list
- 1 clove garlic mined shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar shopping list
- 1/4 cup dry white wine shopping list
- 2 tablespoons flour shopping list
- 1 bay leaf shopping list
- 4 cups beef broth shopping list
- 2 cups water shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 1 cup grated gruyere cheese shopping list
- Grated parmesan cheese shopping list
How to make it
- Toast bread in 350 oven for 15 minutes. In a large heavy saucepan melt butter over medium heat until it begins to foam. Reduce heat to low and add onions and garlic then simmer uncovered for 15 minutes stirring occasionally, adding butter during cooking process if necessary. Increase heat to medium then add sugar and sauté for 30 minutes. Increase heat to high then pour the wine into the onions and reduce the liquid by 2/3. Reduce heat to medium and sprinkle flour onto the onions and stir until all traces of flour disappear. Gradually stir in broth and water then add bay leaf and season with salt and pepper. Bring to boil then reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaf then pour hot soup into bowls and float bread on top. Sprinkle generously with gruyere cheese and a little grated parmesan. Broil soup in the middle of the oven for 20 minutes.
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Big FIVER to you, Chefmeow! Superb :+D Thanks.
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