French Onion Soup
French Onion Soup

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, french onion soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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French Onion Soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. French Onion Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have french onion soup using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make French Onion Soup:
  1. Prepare The Stock
  2. Prepare 4 lb lbs. cracked beef bones/soup bones w/o meat
  3. Prepare 2 onions, halved
  4. Get 2 scrubbed quartered carrots
  5. Make ready 2 celery stalks
  6. Prepare bouquet garni:0.25 tsp. thyme, 1 bay leaf, 6 parsley sprigs, 2 unpeeled garlic cloves, 2 whole cloves
  7. Prepare 10 cups water
  8. Get For the Onions and Soup
  9. Prepare 1 1/2 lbs or about 5 cups of thinly sliced yellow onion
  10. Get 3 Tbsp Tbs butter+1 Tbs Oil
  11. Get 1 tsp salt
  12. Make ready 1 ⁄4 tsp sugar (helps the onions to brown)
  13. Make ready 3 Tbsp flour
  14. Make ready 1/2 cup dry white wine
  15. Make ready The strained Stock
  16. Take to taste salt and pepper
  17. Prepare 2 Tbsp tbs Cognac, brings the flavors together
  18. Get 4 rounds of hard-toasted french bread
  19. Prepare Grated good Swiss Cheese to cover
  20. Get Cook and assemble

French onion soup gets its rich flavor and color from the cooking of the onions. While they simmer, the flavors become intense, making this soup a savory delight. French onion soup is a perfect comfort-food dinner, served with a side of bread for dipping and topped with a decadent layer of cheese. Melt the butter with the olive oil in a large heavy-based pan.

Instructions to make French Onion Soup:
  1. Heat oven to 450F. Arrange the meat, bones, onions, and carrots in a cast iron pan. Place in the middle portion of the oven and roast for 30-40 minutes, turning occasionally until nicely browned.
  2. Remove from the oven and drain fat out of roasting pan. Transfer into an 8 or 10 quart soup kettle. Pour a cup or two of the water to the pan, set over heat (or back in the still hot oven). Scrape up all the brown bits at the bottom. Pour all that into the kettle.
  3. Tie the Bousquet garni in a coffee filter or cheese cloth.
  4. Cover ingredients with 10 cups water. Bring to a simmer, skim and add the salt, celery and bouquet garni. Simmer the stock for 4 to 5 hours. Strain the stock out of the kettle into a bowl.
  5. ONIONS, COOKING AND FINAL ASSEMBLY
  6. Melt butter, add oil to a large pot. Add sugar and onions, cover and cook on low for 30 minutes.
  7. Raise heat and cook, stirring often on medium until golden, around 45 minutes
  8. Stir in flour, cook for a minute and add stock and wine. Partially cover and simmer gently for one hour.
  9. Add Cognac, ladle into oven proof soup bowls, add bread slice and cover with cheese.
  10. Bake at 400 degrees until lightly brown.

Melt butter in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven over medium-low heat. Place soup pot into the oven with the lid slightly ajar to ensure the onions will brown. French Onion Soup is a classic soup recipe for good reason! Sweet caramelized onions are simmered in a rich beefy broth to create a soup base that is loved by everyone!. Of course the best part of any french onion soup is the crusty bread crouton topped with gruyere or swiss cheese and broiled until golden and bubbly!

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