Vegetarian French Onion Soup Recipe

Vegetarian French Onion Soup

From primalux 16 years ago

This is a very traditional French Onion soup, though it does turn out a bit sweeter than if beef stock was used.

2 tbsp butter shopping list
1 tbsp vegetable oil shopping list
5 large onions, thinly sliced shopping list
1 tsp sugar shopping list
1 tsp salt, plus a bit more to finish shopping list
2 tbsp all-purpose flour shopping list
6 cups vegetable broth (homemade or canned, I may include a recipe at a later time) shopping list
1/3 cup dry sherry shopping list
1 1/2 tsp fresh thyme, chopped, or 1/2 tsp dried shopping list
black pepper to taste shopping list
6 1/2 inch slices of French bread shopping list
6 slices of a white, melting cheese (I used swiss) or 2 1/2 cups grated cheese (gruyere or Jarlsberg are pretty tradtional) shopping list

In a pot over medium heat, melt the butter and the oil.
Add the onions, sugar, and salt and cook for 1 minute while stirring.
Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions have carmelized, which should take anywhere from 20 - 40 minutes
Add the flour and cook while stirring for 1 minute
Add the broth, sherry, and thyme and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
Season to taste with the salt and pepper.
Preheat the broiler and broil the slices of bread until lightly toasted. Add butter to the bread if you'd like.
Put the soup in 6 ovenproof bowls and set them on a baking sheet.
Cover with the bread slices, which you may need to cut to fit.
Put the cheese on top of the bread slices.
Put the baking sheet under the broiler until the cheese is melted and bubbly.

Adding onions, salt, and sugar to melted butter and oil. Close

Onions are starting to carmelize. Close

Getting ready to add the flour, then the sherry and broth. Close

Letting the soup simmer. Close

Slicing the Bread Close

Putting the bread on top of the soup. Close

Adding the cheese. Close

Eating! Close

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caugust118 ate it and said...
Just made this tonight. The soup was just right! I used my own veg stock and made sure to give my onions enough time to carmelize. Only stupid thing I did was to leave it under the broiler too long. Partially charred my gruyere which should have been the best part!! I will definitely try this again though!!
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notyourmomma 16 years ago
I love onion soup, how nice for you to make a vegetarian version that my daughter will try. Yummy
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scrumptious 16 years ago
Oh! I'm excited about this. You've reawakened a forgotten mission - I remember how disappointed I was when I found out FOS is made with beef stock. It's great to have a pre-approved vegetarian version to try.
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heatherbudapest 16 years ago
Mmmm, looks good! Thanks for posting.
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Just made this tonight. The soup was just right! I used my own veg stock and made sure to give my onions enough time to carmelize. Only stupid thing I did was to leave it under the broiler too long. Partially charred my gruyere which should have ...more

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