French Onion Soup

Name: French Onion Soup
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 8 x Large white onions (Spanish); 4 x cloves garlic; 4 sprigs thyme; 1 x tablespoon Olive oil; 50 g x Butter; 50 ml x Brandy; 200 ml x white wine; 1.5 L x chicken stock; 1/2 x baguette; 200 g x grated gruyere cheese; salt and pepper

Uncle Matt's Cookery Lessons @cook_16352818

Somerset England

My lady adores this soup and always asks me to make it in the winter, the cheesy topped crouton sets this apart from other comfort dishes

Uncle Matt's Cookery Lessons @cook_16352818

Somerset England

My lady adores this soup and always asks me to make it in the winter, the cheesy topped crouton sets this apart from other comfort dishes

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Ingredients

1 hr

8 servings

8x Large white onions (Spanish)
4x cloves garlic
4 sprigsthyme
1x tablespoon Olive oil
50 gx Butter
50 mlx Brandy
200 mlx white wine
1.5 Lx chicken stock
1/2x baguette
200 gx grated gruyere cheese
salt and pepper

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Steps

1 hr

1

Peel and finely slice the onions, remove the core and cut with the grain. Chop the garlic at this stage as well. Then pick the thyme leaves
2

Heat a large sauce pan, add olive oil, butter, seasoning and the onions, start on a high heat to get the browning process started. When the onions start to colour reduce the heat as you need to cook them long and slow to really caramelise them.
3

When onions are a nice deep brown colour you add the brandy and flame if you like. Add the wine and then the chicken stock and allow to simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour. If the level reduces too far you can top up with water.
4

Slice baguette or bread roll to around 1 inch thickness, make sure the crouton will fit in the soup bowl, drizzle with olive oil and bake at 180c until nice and toasted.
5

Taste soup and adjust the seasoning to your likening, ladle into your oven proof soup bowls, top with crouton and then cover with the grated gruyere cheese.
6

Bake in the oven at 180c until the cheese is bubbling, then enjoy possibly the best soup ever? This images are taken from my youtube channel uncle matt's cookery lessons, feel free to pay me a visit there, here is a link to this videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec5_8hmCIy0&t=28s

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Uncle Matt's Cookery Lessons @cook_16352818

on March 24, 2019 09:23

Somerset England

Uncle Matt's Cookery LessonsI was a chef since the early 90's, but hung up my apron a few years ago, since then I have rekindled my love of cooking and created my own cookery channel on Youtube, I'd love you to follow me there. You can also follow me on Facebook and Instagramhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCykNmRrcsE5i3nj1t48eKPg?view_as=subscriber