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French onion soup 🇫🇷🧅🥣

French Onion Soup

Ingredients

– 2kg brown onions, thinly sliced
– 50ml olive oil
– 100g (3.5oz) unsalted butter
– Salt
– 2 bay leaves
– 100ml brandy
– 2 tbsp flour
– 6 dashes Worcestershire sauce
– 4 dashes Maggi seasoning
– 1L (1 quart) beef stock
– 2 sprigs rosemary
– 1 baguette, thinly sliced
– 150g (5.3oz) Gruyère cheese, grated

Method

1. To a large pot over medium-high heat, add the butter and oil. When the butter is melted, add the sliced onions with a big pinch of salt.
2. Stir well and turn the heat to medium-low. Cook the onions slowly for 1.5 hours, stirring every 5-10 minutes. (You can do this faster at a higher heat, but you will need to stir more frequently.)
3. Once the onions are caramelised and have a good dark colour, add the bay leaves, then the brandy, and allow the alcohol to burn off.
4. Next, add the flour and stir.
5. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
6. Add the Worcestershire sauce and Maggi seasoning, followed by the beef stock and rosemary. Stir and simmer for 20 minutes.
7. Toast the sliced bread on both sides for 4-5 minutes each side.
8. Ladle the soup into your serving bowls, then add 2-3 croutons to the top, followed by the grated cheese.
9. Place under the grill of your oven until the cheese is golden brown and bubbly.

21 Replies to “French onion soup 🇫🇷🧅🥣”

  1. Where the Egg ? Og french onion soup has an Egg on the Brioche and then cheese

  2. French onion soup is my go to whenever I feel miserable. Something about the smell of it is just so comforting it makes my knees weak.

  9. I replayed the onion chopping several times right after just cuz it's so satisfying!!
    and then came the bread laying part 🤌🏼👌🏼

  10. Perfect French onion soup. Not drowning in/on cheese, no overflow..perfect at least for me💯

  13. I grew up eating French Onion soup, so delicious, haven’t had it in decades! I will be having some asap! Thank you for some nostalgia & yours looked delicious!

  15. The onions build such a deep flavour there really is nothing like it and onions are so cheap. Im surprised this isnt a staple already. Delicious and affordable.

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