Onion Soup Recipe

As promised in our previous post, we present here another very popular recipe from French Cuisine which is Onion Soup. The recipe of Onion Soup as you will find, is a quite easy one although its taste is very nice!! Here is the recipe -   

Making time: 30 minutes.

Difficulty level: Easy.

Ingredients: 

• Butter - 1 tbsp. 
• Olive oil - 2 tbsp. 
• Flour - 2 tbsp. 
• Fresh or dried thyme - 1 tsp. (Thyme is a kind of small low shrub of the mint family with narrow leaves and white, pink, or red flowers; yields an useful, aromatic essential oil containing thymol). 
• Onions - 4 large (sliced).
• Garlic cloves - 3 nos. finely chopped. 
• Vegetable stock - 8 cups 
• Cheese (grated) - 4 tsp 
• Toasted bread - 7-8 slices. 
• Sugar (ground) - 1½ tsp.

  Method:

=> Take a large thick bottomed sauce-pan, heat the butter and oil in it. Add the onions and cook for 7-8 minutes till soften and beginning to brown. Add the garlic, sugar, thyme and continue to cook over a medium flame till the onions are golden yellow.

=> Sprinkle over the flour and stir until blended properly. Reduce the flame and mix in the vegetable stock.

=> Simmer the soup for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally. 

=> Rub each slice of the bread with garlic, place 6-8 oven-proof bowls on a baking tray and fill each of the bowls with onion soup about 3 quarters full with the soup. Float a piece of toast on the onion soup. Top with some grated cheese and grill till the cheese just begins to melt and bubble.

=> In an alternative method or to make it more easier, toast the bread till just golden brown and top with the cheese and then grill till the cheese begins to melt. Place on each individual soup bowl which is 3 quarters filled with the onion soup.

=> Or, serve the onion soup with whole grain bread or brown bread. Or, just place a piece of toasted bread inside the soup bowl and pour the onion soup over and serve at once.