MY ONION SOUP

A great classic of French cuisine, and famous all over the world, onion soup is quite easy to make starting from a few simple ingredients: white or golden onions, broth, butter and flour.

The original recipe of soupe à l’oignon calls for the use of meat broth but those who don’t like it, or want to make a totally vegetarian version of this onion soup, can certainly replace it with the same amount of vegetable broth.

INGREDIENTS:

500 g. White or golden onions.
25 g. Flour.
1 Teaspoon of sugar.
100 ml Dry white wine.
1 Bay leaf (optional).
500 g. Meat broth or vegetable broth.
50g. Butter.
50 g. Grated gruyere.
50g. Parmesan.
2 – 3 Crusty loaf of country-style white bread.

PREPARATION:

To make the onion soup, start by slicing the onions thinly ① and simmer them gently in a saucepan ② with the butter for 20-25 minutes over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally so they don’t stick.

When they have become transparent ③, add the flour ④ and mix until the flour takes on colour ⑤. It will take about 2 -3 minutes.

Pour in the white wine and let it evaporate. When you no longer feel the smell of alcohol, add the hot broth ⑥ and add the bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil ⑦.

Cover the pan with the lid ⑧ and continue cooking over medium-low heat for 1 hour, stirring occasionally until it is cooked ⑨.

At the end of this time:

You can transfer the soup into individual mini-cocottes, place the slices of bread on top and sprinkle everything with the grated groviera cheese. Put the mini-cocottes in the oven, under the grill, until the cheese is melted and lightly grated. Remove from the oven, garnish each portion with a drizzle of oil to taste, a few thyme leaves and a sprinkling of fresh pepper and serve the steaming onion soup.

Or if you have prepared the loaves of bread two days before, cut them in the middle, empty them and leave them to dry ⑩, proceed as follows:

the first layer will be grated gruyere ⑪, the soup up to a third ⑫, grated parmesan ⑬, more soup and parmesan on top ⑭.

Serve the loaf with the onion soup, mix, scoop and enjoy.