Take 5 French Onion Soup Recipes

FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or soup pot, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the oil, onions, salt, pepper, and sugar. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until onions are deep golden brown and caramelized, 45 to 55 minutes. In the beginning, you will only need to stir the onions only occasionally. As they start to brown midway through cooking, you will need to stir them frequently, scraping the fond (the brown particles) from the bottom of the pan. If the onions are browning too quickly, reduce the heat slightly or add a few tablespoons of water to deglaze the pan and continue cooking.
• Add the wine and raise the heat to high. Cook, stirring with a wooden spoon to scrape any fond from the bottom of the pan, until almost all of the liquid has evaporated and the onions are jammy, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for one minute.
• Add the broth, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, and bay leaves to the pot. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer, and cook, covered, for about 30 minutes.
• While the soup simmers, preheat the oven to 400°F and set an oven rack in the middle position. Arrange the baguette slices in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake until the bread is dry, crisp, and golden at edges, about 10 minutes. Set aside.
• When the soup is finished, remove the bay leaves and add the sherry; taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. If the soup needs a deeper flavor, try a few shakes of Worcestershire sauce. If it's not quite sweet enough, add ¼ teaspoon sugar.
• Adjust an oven rack 6 inches from broiler element and heat broiler. Set individual broiler-safe crocks on a baking sheet and divide the hot soup among the crocks (be sure the soup is very hot as it won't warm up much in the oven). Top each crock with 1 or 2 baguette slices (do not overlap slices) and sprinkle evenly with Gruyère and then Parmigianno Reggiano. Slide the crocks into the oven and broil until the cheese is melted and bubbly around edges, 3 to 5 minutes. Let the crocks cool for a few minutes before serving. (Alternatively, if using regular soup bowls: Top each toast slice with some cheese and return to broiler to melt, about 2 minutes more. Divide the soup among bowls and top each serving with two cheese toasts.)
• Make-Ahead Instructions: The soup can be made and refrigerated up to 3 days ahead (without toasts or cheese), or up to 3 months ahead and frozen. Toasts can be made (without the cheese) and kept sealed at room temperature for up to 3 days.

FRENCH ONION SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• In a stock pot over medium heat, melt ghee and thinly sliced onions.
• Cook onions until lightly caramelized.
• Add bone broth and garlic.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Bring mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat and allow to simmer for 30-50 minutes (the longer, the more flavor).
• Serve into bowls or cups, then top with goat cheese and season with salt and pepper.

TAKE 5 FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• in a deep skillet, heat 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil over medium heat. add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent and softened, about 15 minutes. add the wine and bring to a boil. poir in the beef broth, lower the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes; season with pepper. preheat the broiler. divide the soup among 4 oven-proof bowls, then top each one with one-quarter of the croutons and a slice of cheese. set the bowls on a rimmed baking sheet and broil until the cheese is bubbly and golden, about 1 minute.

FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• In a large covered saucepan, cook onions and garlic in butter over medium-low heat for 8-10 minutes or until tender and golden, stirring occasionally. Add water, bouillon and Worcestershire sauce; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes. , Ladle hot soup into six ovenproof bowls. Top each with a piece of French bread. Cut each slice of cheese in half and place over the bread. Broil until cheese melts. Serve immediately.

SLOW-COOKER RUSTIC FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Spray 6- to 7-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In slow cooker, place onions, butter, salt, pepper and dried thyme. In medium bowl, mix flour, sherry and water with wire whisk until blended. Stir into onion mixture.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 9 to 10 hours or until onions are softened and deep brown.
• Stir broth into slow cooker. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook 10 minutes or until hot.
• Meanwhile, set oven control to broil. Line cookie sheet with foil. Arrange baguette slices in single layer on cookie sheet. Broil with tops 3 inches from heat 2 minutes, turning once, until lightly browned. Sprinkle cheese evenly over slices; broil 1 minute longer or until cheese is bubbly. Top each bowl of soup with 2 cheese toasts. Sprinkle with fresh thyme.

FIVE-ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Melt 1/4 cup butter in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Add shallots, all onions and leek; saute until golden, about 15 minutes.
• Add 1 T. garlic and cloves; saute 1 minute.
• Stir in broth and Sherry, bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer 30 minutes.
• Preheat broiler.
• Combine 2 T. melted butter and 1 t. garlic in a small bowl.
• Place bread on baking sheet and brush with half of garlic butter.
• Broil bread until lightly toasted; about 2 minutes. Turn over and repeat this step.
• Sprinkle bread with parmesan cheese.
• Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
• Ladle soup into oven safe bowls.
• Top each bowl with 1 toasted bread slice, 1 slice of swiss and 1 slice of mozzarella.
• Bake until soup is hot and cheese melts; about 10 minutes.

FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter with the olive oil in a large heavy-based pan. Add the onions and fry with the lid on for 10 mins until soft.
• Sprinkle in the sugar and cook for 20 mins more, stirring frequently, until caramelised. The onions should be really golden, full of flavour and soft when pinched between your fingers. Take care towards the end to ensure that they don't burn.
• Add the garlic cloves for the final few minutes of the onions' cooking time, then sprinkle in the plain flour and stir well.
• Increase the heat and keep stirring as you gradually add the wine, followed by the beef stock. Cover and simmer for 15-20 mins.
• To serve, turn on the grill, and toast the bread. Ladle the soup into heatproof bowls.
• Put a slice or two of toast on top of the bowls of soup, and pile on the gruyère. Grill until melted. Alternatively, you can cook the toasts under the grill, then add them to the soup to serve.