If there's anyone to give credit to for me appreciating an otherwise repulsive bowl of French Onion Soup, I'd give the sole credit to Chef Heaven. He single handedly made me a convert with his humble yet super-delicious French Onion Soup. I've had several other French Onion Soups after that, but none tasted like Heaven's. Coming from a former onion-hater, that's a pretty loaded thing to say! I really used to detest onions but now, let's just say that I've come to appreciate them better in the recent years.
Here's my version of French Onion Soup. Simply Filling!
INGREDIENTS
• 6 large yellow onions, sliced.
• Olive oil
• 1 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1/4 teaspoon of sugar
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 8 cups of beef stock, chicken stock, or a combination of the two
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon dry thyme
• 1 tspn mustard
• 2 tspn Worcestershire sauce
• Salt, pepper, oregano
• 8 slices of toasted French bread
• 1 1/2 cups of grated Swiss Gruyere with a little grated Parmesan cheese
Method:
1. In a large saucepan, sauté the onions in the olive oil and butter until well browned (but not burnt) about 30-40 minutes (or longer). Add the sugar about 10 minutes into the process to help with the carmelization.
2. Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Add the stock, bay leaf, thyme, oregano. Cover partially and simmer until the flavors are well blended, about 30 minutes. Add in mustard and Worcestershire sauce and simmer.
3. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Discard the bay leaf (optional) and continue to simmer
4. Separately, prepare the french bread (or use other bread substitute) and top it with cheese. Grill them in an oven until the cheese bubbles and is slightly browned.
5.To serve, ladle the soup into the bowls or casserole dish. Top the soup with the toasted bread with cheese and serve.
6 comments:
How about something purely Vegetarian?! o.O
hmmm...hard to make something very vegetarian considering the fact that I'm a full-blown carnivore.:p
Perhaps you can substitute meat stocks with veg stock or use soya sauce to make it tastier? do you also you avoid dairy and milk product? coz that would be tough (er!)
Naah..! I don't avoid diary products.. in fact I eat eggs as well..! Does that provide me with more options?!
that's definitely better already as compared to the really strict vegetarians who doesn't do dairy, eggs or seafood. and that's really tough!
i'll post up some vegetarian dishes if I can find any! :) Most of the recipes I posted up here, you can definitely eliminate the meat stuff if u ever wanna give it a go. :D
Wow ... Considering that your mom had to use to "sneak" these veggies into her dishes so that you would have no choice but to consume them. But now, full blown French Onion Soup? This is a culinary hurdle surmounted!
Atta babe!
you remembered those stories! haa haa!! my mom has to resort to all sorts of tricks to make me eat onions. i used to hate, hate, hate onions and i remember giving my sliced onions to you all the time. funny isn't it! Now i seem to buy onions every week to cook! :p
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