French Onion Soup

Soups
PREP TIME:
30 minutes

SERVES:

4

TOTAL COOKING TIME:

1 hour
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INGREDIENTS
  • 2 cups sweet onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves minced fresh garlic
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 tbsp salted butter
  • 4 rosemary sprigs, tied into bundle in cheese cloth
  • 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup dry Merlot red wine
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ¾ lb Gruyere or Swiss cheese
  • 2 croissants or baguette, cut into 1.5” cubes
  • 3 cups beef broth
  • 2-3 bay leaves

DIRECTIONS

  1. 1.
    Using a large, deep pot, heat up olive oil, butter over medium heat. Add sweet onion, rosemary to pot. Stir often. Cook for 5 minutes.
  2. 2.
    Reduce heat to medium low. Add garlic, black pepper and cook onions until evenly gold brown.
  3. 3.
    Add flour. Cook until it coats all onion. Add red wine. Increase heat to medium, bring to boil, cook for 2 minutes.
  4. 4.
    Reduce heat to low. Add beef broth, soy sauce, bay leaves, sugar and salt. Cook until soup is thickened. Serve to taste with salt.
  5. 5.
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange croissant or baguette pieces in large cookie sheet, bake until golden for 5-8 minutes.
  6. 6.
    Arrange 4 soup crocks in a baking sheet. Place ¼ cup of Gruyere or Swiss cheese on bottom of each crock. Add soup to crock almost to the top. Top each crock with more Gruyere or Swiss cheese.cheese on top.
  7. 7.
    Preheat oven to broil. When ready, broil until cheese is bubbling and slightly browned. Ready to serve.