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French onion soup
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French onion soup

French onion soup is a gratin soup made with onions cooked in a meat broth, traditional in French cuisine.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 288 kcal
Course: Soup
Cuisine: French

Ingredients

  • 5 onion peeled and thinly sliced, large; sweet
  • 6 tablespoons butter semi-salted
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 6 cups water beef or poultry broth, cold
  • 2 cups white wine dry
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 pinch nutmeg freshly grated
  • salt
  • black pepper , freshly ground
  • 4 bread large slices
  • 5 oz. cheese Gruyère, Emmental or Comté, grated

Instructions

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  1. In a large cast iron or Dutch oven, heat the butter and oil over medium heat and sauté the onions, stirring constantly, until golden (not burnt).
  2. When the onions are golden and translucent, add the flour and mix well with a wooden spoon until it begins to brown.
  3. Add cold water (or broth) and wine. Mix well.
  4. Add the nutmeg and bay leaf and mix.
  5. Season with salt and pepper. Mix.
  6. Bring to a boil over medium to high heat then lower the heat, cover and simmer over low to medium heat for 45 minutes.
  7. Just before the end of cooking the soup, preheat the oven to 460 F (240°C).
  8. Toast the slices of bread in the toaster or, failing that, in the oven.
  9. Place a slice of toasted bread, left as is or cut into croutons or chunks, in the bottom of 4 bowls or other individual oven-proof containers.
  10. Pour the soup over the bread.
  11. Sprinkle with grated cheese then brown the bowls of onion soup in the oven for about 10 minutes.