Splendid French Onion Soup
Ingredients
5 tablespoons butter
8 cups coarsely sliced onions
2 tablespoons flour
2 bay leaves
1 baguette
10 ounces chunk of Gruyere cheese
Preparation
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In a large saucepan, melt the butter, then add the sliced onions. Allow the onions to caramelize at a leisurely pace in their butter bath (about 45 minutes), stirring and tossing them about every 5 minutes until soft and golden to deep brown. Sprinkle the flour onto the onions when they need to cook for about 10 more minutes and make sure the flour absorbs butter and browns along with the onions. Add a little more butter if necessary during the cooking process.
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Add the broth, Cognac, and bay leaves and allow the soup to simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.
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Remove bay leaves. At this stage the soup can be refrigerated for 3-5 days until ready to use.
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When it's splendid soup time:
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From the oven, bubbly hot vessels will emerge with a delicious, comforting combination of flavors and textures!
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Don't mind the marks of the broth that bubbled over the lip, it's a part of the rustic charm of this soup.
Tools
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About
The soup base can be made in advance and stored in the refrigerator for 3-5 days. For an easy salad to offer with the soup try baby arugula leaves or mache, lightly drizzled with walnut oil and sprinkled with a coarse sea salt.
Yield:
6.0
Added:
Sunday, December 6, 2009 - 1:42am
