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French Onion Soup

Adapted from the Wikibooks Cookbook: French Onion Soup

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Everything in this version is new:
  • +10 ingredients
  • +9 steps

Ingredients

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  • Added: 500 g onions, chopped
  • Added: 25 g butter
  • Added: 1 tbsp flour
  • Added: 1 l beef stock
  • Added: 1 bouquet garni, fresh bay and thyme tied together
  • Added: 1 pinch ground nutmeg
  • Added: Salt and black pepper, to taste
  • Added: 3 tbsp red port
  • Added: 4 slices stale French bread, or toasted fresh bread
  • Added: 125 g Gruyère, grated

Method

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  1. Added step 1:

    Peel and chop the onions.

    8 min

  2. Added step 2:

    Melt the butter in a large saucepan, stir in the onions and cook over moderate heat until light gold and soft. Don't let them go dark.

    20 min

  3. Added step 3:

    Add the flour and stir gently for 3–4 minutes, scraping up anything stuck to the bottom of the pan.

    4 min

  4. Added step 4:

    Pour in two thirds of the stock, add the bouquet garni and bring to a boil, stirring regularly.

    5 min

  5. Added step 5:

    Season with salt, pepper and the nutmeg, add the rest of the stock and simmer gently for 10–15 minutes.

    12 min

  6. Added step 6:

    If your bread is fresh, toast it now. Heat the grill.

    5 min

  7. Added step 7:

    Take the soup off the heat, remove the bouquet garni and stir in the port.

    1 min

  8. Added step 8:

    Ladle the soup into 4 ovenproof bowls, press a slice of bread into each and cover generously with the Gruyère.

    3 min

  9. Added step 9:

    Grill on low for about 10 minutes, until the cheese is melted and browned. Serve piping hot.

    10 min