French Onion Soup

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French Onion Soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. French Onion Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook french onion soup using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make French Onion Soup:
  1. Get 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter
  2. Make ready 4 onions, sliced
  3. Prepare 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  4. Take 2 bay leaves
  5. Make ready 2 fresh thyme sprigs
  6. Take Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  7. Get 1 cup red wine, about 1⁄2 bottle
  8. Get 3 heaping Tbsp all-purpose flour
  9. Get 2 quarts beef broth
  10. Make ready 1 baguette, sliced
  11. Get 1⁄2 pound grated Gruyere

Remove the lid, sprinkle in the sugar and. Add the flour and stir to coat the onions. Now served without the beef, the quality of the onions is crucial. You want both high acidity and high sugar levels to create a fully-flavoured soup.

Steps to make French Onion Soup:
  1. Melt the stick of butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onions, garlic, bay leaves, thyme, and salt and pepper and cook until the onions are very soft and caramelized, about 25 minutes. Add the wine, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until the wine has evaporated and the onions are dry, about 5 minutes. Discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs.
  2. Dust the onions with the flour and give them a stir. Turn the heat down to medium low so the flour doesn't burn, and cook for 10 minutes.
  3. When you're ready to eat, preheat the broiler. Arrange the baguette slices on a baking sheet in a single layer. Sprinkle the slices with the Gruyere and broil until bubbly and golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
  4. Ladle the soup in bowls and float several of the Gruyere croutons on top.
  5. Alternative method: Ladle the soup into bowls, top each with 2 slices of bread and top with cheese. Put the bowls into the oven to toast the bread and melt the cheese.

Now served without the beef, the quality of the onions is crucial. You want both high acidity and high sugar levels to create a fully-flavoured soup. Rich, warming and as French as France, lend yourself an inner glow with Mickael Weiss' French onion soup recipe from Sainsbury's magazine. The best French onion soup is made by creating layers of flavour, starting with a good quality beef stock, then adding caramelised onions and wine. My version uses Essential Cuisine's Veal Jus, which adds a luxuriously rich flavour boost to the finished soup.

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