French Onion Soup
French Onion Soup

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, french onion soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

French Onion Soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. French Onion Soup is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook french onion soup using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make French Onion Soup:
  1. Make ready 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  2. Get 4 onions, sliced
  3. Get 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  4. Take 2 bay leaves
  5. Prepare 2 fresh thyme sprigs
  6. Take Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  7. Take 1 cup red wine, about 1/2 bottle
  8. Get 3 heaping Tbsp all-purpose flour
  9. Make ready 2 quarts beef broth
  10. Prepare 1 baguette, sliced
  11. Take 1/2 pound grated Gruyere
Instructions to make French Onion Soup:
  1. Melt the stick of butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onions, garlic, bay leaves, thyme, and salt and pepper and cook until the onions are very soft and caramelized, about 25 minutes. Add the wine, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until the wine has evaporated and the onions are dry, about 5 minutes. Discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs.
  2. Dust the onions with the flour and give them a stir. Turn the heat down to medium low so the flour doesn't burn, and cook for 10 minutes.
  3. When you're ready to eat, preheat the broiler. Arrange the baguette slices on a baking sheet in a single layer. Sprinkle the slices with the Gruyere and broil until bubbly and golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
  4. Ladle the soup in bowls and float several of the Gruyere croutons on top.
  5. Alternative method: Ladle the soup into bowls, top each with 2 slices of bread and top with cheese. Put the bowls into the oven to toast the bread and melt the cheese.

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