French Onion Soup

Name: French Onion Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: European, French, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1/2 stick unsalted butter; 3 to 4 large red or yellow onions, peeled and thinly sliced into half moons; fresh or dry thyme; salt & pepper to taste; 2-3 bay leaves; 1 tbsp flour; 1 can beef stock; water (depends on the onion volume); apple brandy (you can also use white wine and/or dry sherry); olive oil; French bread cut into croutons; 1 ½ cups grated Gruyère cheese

5 steps

Prep:20minCook:1h

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Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:32:44 GMT

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Ingredients

2 servings

0.5 stickunsalted butter

3red onions

large, or yellow, peeled and thinly sliced into half moons

1 Tbspflour

depends on the onion volume

apple brandy

you can also use white wine and/or dry sherry

olive oil

French bread

cut into croutons

1 ½ cupsGruyère cheese

grated

Instructions

Step 1

In a deep soup pan or Dutch oven melt butter and mix with olive oil. Add onions and cook slowly on low fire, letting onions break down and turn into onion jam. Add flour.

Step 2

Add apple brandy so the onions are just covered with liquid and let alcohol cook out.

Step 3

Add beef stock, thyme, salt & pepper, bay leaves. Also add some water so the onions are actually swimming in soup. Bring to boil. I let it simmer for a while semi-covered, letting the liquids reduce and extract all that onion flavor. Remove bay leaves and fresh thyme.

Step 4

Pre-heat the oven at 400F. Toast the croutons with a drizzle of oil and pinch of salt.

Step 5

Build the onion soup layers in oven-proof small pots - add soup, top with crunchy croutons, top with cheese - and bake for 20 min.