French Onion Soup
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Description
French Onion Soup [1] [2] [3] is a world recognized dish, it takes simple ingredients and transforms them.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds large sweet onions (Bermuda are ideal)
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- sea salt
- 2 quarts beef stock
- 8 slices of baguette
- 1/2 pound shredded Gruyere or Tomme
Procedures
- Warm oven to 350 degrees F.
- Peel and slice onions finely.
- Over medioum heat warm 2/3 butter in a pan, include onions & sprinkle with salt, generously.
- Cook and stir onions, ~15 min to achieve a lightly browned look.
- In a separate pot simmer stock.
- Pour stock over onions and bring to boil.
- Transfer to a ovenproof dish.
- Put in oven, leave uncovered for ~1 hour.
- Butter slices of bread and top with cheese.
- Place slices in pot for ~17 min, leaving to cook and bubble.
- Serve straight from oven, with a side of pepper (optional)
References
- ↑ Grausman, Richard (1988). French Classics Made Easy. Thomas Allen & Son Limited. pp. 20. ISBN 978-0-7611-5854-7.
- ↑ Woodward, Sarah (2006). the food of france. Kyle Cathie Limited. pp. 103. ISBN 978-1-904920-43-4.
- ↑ {{cite book|last=Greenspan|first=Dorie |title=around my french table |year=2010|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-618-87553-5|pages=756-57}
