I made this soup solely to utilize this hard French bread that I had. Hahaha... so I used a whole bag of onions to essentially save some croutons. Well worth it.

It’s probably the most loved and popular French recipe worldwide! Watch full recipe video at: https://youtu.be/yWb4ygzX77I

My dad taught me this recipe, yes, it is a bit time consuming, but so worth every minute!!

I made this recipe to give a dark rich French onion soup base, with an actual short rib per serving. Many recipes online give watery bland soups, with shredded beef that I think defeats the purpose of spending the time braising short ribs. I also think that adding flour to the soup to give it body mutes the flavor and turns it more to a stew or gravy. Instead, I found adding gelatin to give the soup body was a better choice. I also found that using cubed toasted sourdough instead of the traditional cross cut baguette provided a bread with more toothsome chew and fits in the crocks better.

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I am not sure where this recipe came from (it is typewritten on a recipe card that belonged to my mother), but it is one of my youngest daughter's favourites. It has been modified slightly from the original recipe.

The best French Onion Soup.

This was passed to me from my dad's wife. So I just tweaked it a touch to my liking! Great winter soup. So easy to make and freaking awesome!!!!

I accidently defrosted a pack of onions so needed to cook something.