Guinness French Onion Soup Recipes

GUINNESS AND ONION SOUP WITH IRISH CHEDDAR CROUTON

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add garlic and cook briefly to release aroma. Add onions, season with salt and cook for about 5 minutes stirring often. Reduce heat to low and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally until the onions are golden brown.
• Add the thyme, vinegar, and beer. Reduce beer by half and add the beef stock. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 more minutes.
• Preheat the broiler. Transfer soup to an ovenproof serving dish or individual ovenproof soup bowls. Top with toasted bread slices and sliced Cheddar. Broil until cheese melts and starts to brown slightly. Serve piping hot.

GUINNESS FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Prepare the onions: In a dutch oven, heat butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add onions, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp pepper, and brown sugar; and stir to combine. Cook for 30-35 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions are light golden brown. Add garlic, and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.
• Add beef stock, Guinness, worcestershire, thyme, bay leaf, ½ tsp salt, and ¼ tsp pepper to the softened onions, scraping the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon to pull up any browned bits. Stir to combine. With the heat still at medium, bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Taste for seasoning, and add another pinch of salt, if necessary. Remove thyme sprigs and bay leaf from the pot.
• Make the crouton: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cut bread in half to fit the size of your soup crock, and place on a sheet pan. Bake for 5 mins. Flip, and place back in the oven for 5 more mins. Increase oven temperature to broil, and position top rack to 6 inches from the heating element.
• Divide soup between 4 oven safe crocks or bowls arranged on a baking sheet. Place toasted bread on top of soup. Mix gruyere and Irish cheddar together, and top the croutons with cheese mix evenly divided between the bowls. Place under the broiler for 5-6 minutes until the cheese is bubbly and melted and just starting to brown. Serve immediately.

GUINNESS FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large sauce pan over medium heat, add the onions and cook until completely caramelized and golden brown, about 1 hour, mixing every 10-15 minutes and adding water or Guinness to deglaze the pan as needed to prevent burning.
• Add the garlic and thyme and cook until fragrant, about a minute.
• Add the butter, let it melt, mix in the flour and let it cook for 2-4 minutes.
• Add the stout and deglaze the pan.
• Add the broth, Worcestershire sauce, grainy mustard, bay leaves, salt and pepper, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Ladle the soup into oven-proof bowls on a baking sheet, top with the sliced bread and cheese and broil until cheese melts, about 1-3 minutes.

GUINESS FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Trim the ends off each onion then slice from end to end. Remove peel and finely slice into half moon shapes. Set electric skillet to 300 degrees and add butter. Once butter has melted add a layer of onions and sprinkle with a little salt. Repeat layering onions and salt until all onions are in the skillet. Do not try stirring until onions have sweated down for 15 to 20 minutes. After that, stir occasionally until onions are dark mahogany and reduced to approximately 2 cups. This should take 45 minutes to 1 hour. Do not worry about burning.
• Add enough beer to cover the onions and turn heat to high, reducing the beer to a syrup consistency. Add consume, chicken broth, apple cider and bouquet garni. Reduce heat and simmer 15 to 20 minutes.
• Place oven rack in top 1/3 of oven and heat broiler.
• Cut country bread in rounds large enough to fit mouth of oven safe soup crocks. Place the slices on a baking sheet and place under broiler for 1 minute.
• Season soup mixture with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into crocks leaving one inch to the lip. Place bread round, toasted side down, on top of soup and top with grated cheese. Broil until cheese is bubbly and golden, 1 to 2 minutes.