French Onion Soup I made yesterday.

[antknee]

Felt like crap last night, so I dug up this recipe & made it....all i gotta say is wow! If your a french onion soup connoisseur you def have to try this. Doesn't get any easier. To richen it up a bit, I used a little bit more Merlot & a bit more butter than the recipe called for. Also I didn't have swiss cheese, so i subsituted for cheddar...and it still tasted good. I'll post a pic later. ;)


French Onion Soup

PREP TIME 15 Min
COOK TIME 45 Min
READY IN 1 Hr
SERVINGS & SCALING
Original recipe yield: 4 servings
US METRIC


INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup butter
3 onions, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup red wine
2 (10.5 ounce) cans condensed beef broth
1 French baguette
8 ounces sliced Swiss cheese


DIRECTIONS
Melt butter or margarine in a 4 quart saucepan. Stir in sugar. Cook onions over medium heat for 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
Stir in flour until well blended with the onions and pan juices. Add water, wine, and beef broth; heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low. Cover soup, and simmer for 10 minutes.
Cut four 1 inch thick slices of bread from the loaf. Toast the bread slices at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) just until browned, about 10 minutes. Reserve the remaining bread to serve with the soup.
Ladle soup into four 12 ounce, oven-safe bowls. Place 1 slice toasted bread on top of the soup in each bowl. Fold Swiss cheese slices, and fit onto toasted bread slices. Place soup bowls on a cookie sheet for easier handling.
Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 10 minutes, or just until cheese is melted

[bennyboy]

i used to deglaze the onions with equal parts of sherry and red wine
and a splash of balsamic vinegar

i made a killer french onion

[fifi~dee]

Felt like crap last night, so I dug up this recipe & made it....all i gotta say is wow! If your a french onion soup connoisseur you def have to try this. Doesn't get any easier. To richen it up a bit, I used a little bit more Merlot & a bit more butter than the recipe called for. Also I didn't have swiss cheese, so i subsituted for cheddar...and it still tasted good. I'll post a pic later. ;)


French Onion Soup

PREP TIME 15 Min
COOK TIME 45 Min
READY IN 1 Hr
SERVINGS & SCALING
Original recipe yield: 4 servings
US METRIC


INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup butter
3 onions, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup red wine
2 (10.5 ounce) cans condensed beef broth
1 French baguette
8 ounces sliced Swiss cheese


DIRECTIONS
Melt butter or margarine in a 4 quart saucepan. Stir in sugar. Cook onions over medium heat for 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
Stir in flour until well blended with the onions and pan juices. Add water, wine, and beef broth; heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low. Cover soup, and simmer for 10 minutes.
Cut four 1 inch thick slices of bread from the loaf. Toast the bread slices at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) just until browned, about 10 minutes. Reserve the remaining bread to serve with the soup.
Ladle soup into four 12 ounce, oven-safe bowls. Place 1 slice toasted bread on top of the soup in each bowl. Fold Swiss cheese slices, and fit onto toasted bread slices. Place soup bowls on a cookie sheet for easier handling.
Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 10 minutes, or just until cheese is melted



mmm i love french onion

[antknee]

i used to deglaze the onions with equal parts of sherry and red wine
and a splash of balsamic vinegar

i made a killer french onion

yea i wasn't sure what wine to use. I have Sherry cooking wine, but I had a cracked open bottle of Merlot...and used that instead. I'll try a lil balsamic nxt time.

[bennyboy]

add the balsamic when deglazing, or reduce it to a syrup in a seperate sauce pan
adds a nice little bite

[antknee]

add the balsamic when deglazing, or reduce it to a syrup in a seperate sauce pan
adds a nice little bite

great advice...thanks!

[nycxtcgirl69]

i tried french onion soup for the first time a couple of days ago, it was excellent

[bennyboy]

i also top it with a provolone/greyere mix
shredded always, it melts so much nicer
and load it up, nothing worse than getting a crcok with a paper thin melted mozz slice on there

[antknee]

i also top it with a provolone/greyere mix
shredded always, it melts so much nicer
and load it up, nothing worse than getting a crcok with a paper thin melted mozz slice on there

yea my dad makes it in a crock bowl w/ mozz cheese topped on....then broiled for a like a minute. :agree

[bennyboy]

onion soup broiled crock cheese is one of my top 10 most favorite things to eat antknee
true story

i get mad when the wife says she doesnt want any soup yet makes a move for the crusty parts on the side

[antknee]

onion soup broiled crock cheese is one of my top 10 most favorite things to eat antknee
true story

i get mad when the wife says she doesnt want any soup yet makes a move for the crusty parts on the side

LOL! yea the crusty mozz stuck to the side of the bowl is the best part.

[nycxtcgirl69]

:spitfall

[genie]

after reading this....I now have a huge craving for some onion soup in a bread bowl. :hungry

[blondie]

:spitfall

[antknee]

not much to see here, but took a pic anyway.
http://i5.tinypic.com/6p9k7xk.jpg

[GOLDEN]

nice i love french onion soup i always get it when i go out to lunch or soemthing

[genie]

I am very upset.

After shopping tonight, I was very excited to go to Panera Bread to get a french onion soup in a bread bowl....and when I ordered the girl said they were out of bread bowls....totally ruined the whole thing for me and I ended up with broccoli cheddar.....but this is the 2nd time I have gone to panera and they have had a bread product....I should write someone a letter. :pullhair

[antknee]

I am very upset.

After shopping tonight, I was very excited to go to Panera Bread to get a french onion soup in a bread bowl....and when I ordered the girl said they were out of bread bowls....totally ruined the whole thing for me and I ended up with broccoli cheddar.....but this is the 2nd time I have gone to panera and they have had a bread product....I should write someone a letter. :pullhair

that blows! Def write a letter...i'd complain! lol

[genie]

Seriously.....if my sandwich wasnt so good....I would boycott. :cow

How does a place with bread in their name......run out of bread :grumpy

[S.W.A.G]

i tried making french onion soup and it was awful

will try this

[CHR!ST!AN]

If your a french onion soup connoisseur you def have to try this.

lolololololl cmon

[antknee]

lolololololl cmon

C'mon what?

[chachie]

mmmm :heart french onion soup is my fav!

[ness]

im def making this tonight!!!

[genie]

just devoured a french onion in a bread bowl from panera. So yummy....wish I had just one more bite. It was smothered in melted parmesan-asiago cheese :spitfall

[joeydollaz]

you should a just got the packet LOL

[antknee]

just devoured a french onion in a bread bowl from panera. So yummy....wish I had just one more bite. It was smothered in melted parmesan-asiago cheese :spitfall

:chuckle Glad to finally see you finally got that shit. lol!

[genie]

haha seriously.....I went to another location....I am boycotting my regular one.

[max3]

the 1st time I has this, I think it may have been my high school graduation lunch at a fancy restuarant in upstate ny, It was DEEEELICIOUS!...wish i could remember the place though, wanted to go back so bad!...

[DiorGirl]

i didnt use this recipe but i made my own French Onin soup yetserday. it was similar
I made one on the healthier side..with low sodium. it was delish!

[marksf]

i didnt use this recipe but i made my own French Onin soup yetserday. it was similar
I made one on the healthier side..with low sodium. it was delish!
howd you make it healthier?

[DiorGirl]

howd you make it healthier?

Didnt carmalize the onions in butter
no flour
used no or low sodium beef broth (4get what it was)
alpine lace swiss

[marksf]

fuck it...how unhealthy could a lil flour make it,,,,and i wont DRENCH it in cheese eventhough thats the essence of the soup....grrr fuk it...ill splurge one night

[DiorGirl]

fuck it...how unhealthy could a lil flour make it,,,,and i wont DRENCH it in cheese eventhough thats the essence of the soup....grrr fuk it...ill splurge one night

prob taste better too :agree
but i felt i had to do it the "healthier" way
plus i felt nooo reason 4 all that sodium