Recipe of Perfect French Onion Soup

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French onion soup gets its rich flavor and color from the cooking of the onions. While they simmer, the flavors become intense, making this soup a savory delight. French onion soup is a perfect comfort-food dinner, served with a side of bread for dipping and topped with a decadent layer of cheese.

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, french onion soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I'm gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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French Onion Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It's simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They're nice and they look wonderful. French Onion Soup is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook french onion soup using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make French Onion Soup:

1. {Prepare of The Stock.
2. {Get 4 lb of lbs. cracked beef bones/soup bones w/o meat.
3. {Get 2 of onions, halved.
4. {Make ready 2 of scrubbed quartered carrots.
5. {Get 2 of celery stalks.
6. {Take of bouquet garni:0.25 tsp. thyme, 1 bay leaf, 6 parsley sprigs, 2 unpeeled garlic cloves, 2 whole cloves.
7. {Take 10 cups of water.
8. {Make ready of For the Onions and Soup.
9. {Prepare 1 1/2 lbs of or about 5 cups of thinly sliced yellow onion.
10. {Get 3 Tbsp of Tbs butter+1 Tbs Oil.
11. {Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
12. {Make ready 1 of ⁄4 tsp sugar (helps the onions to brown).
13. {Prepare 3 Tbsp of flour.
14. {Take 1/2 cup of dry white wine.
15. {Make ready of The strained Stock.
16. {Get to taste of salt and pepper.
17. {Get 2 Tbsp of tbs Cognac, brings the flavors together.
18. {Get 4 of rounds of hard-toasted french bread.
19. {Take of Grated good Swiss Cheese to cover.
20. {Take of Cook and assemble.

French Onion Soup is such a classic and SO easy to make! Onions are slowly caramelized until soft and sweet, simmered with beef broth, thyme, and just a touch of sugar. It's topped with a crispy crouton, loads of shredded gruyere cheese and broiled into a crispy, cheesy oblivion. French onion soup is a favorite in my house.

Steps to make French Onion Soup:

1. Heat oven to 450F. Arrange the meat, bones, onions, and carrots in a cast iron pan. Place in the middle portion of the oven and roast for 30-40 minutes, turning occasionally until nicely browned..
2. Remove from the oven and drain fat out of roasting pan. Transfer into an 8 or 10 quart soup kettle. Pour a cup or two of the water to the pan, set over heat (or back in the still hot oven). Scrape up all the brown bits at the bottom. Pour all that into the kettle..
3. Tie the Bousquet garni in a coffee filter or cheese cloth..
4. Cover ingredients with 10 cups water. Bring to a simmer, skim and add the salt, celery and bouquet garni. Simmer the stock for 4 to 5 hours. Strain the stock out of the kettle into a bowl..
5. ONIONS, COOKING AND FINAL ASSEMBLY.
6. Melt butter, add oil to a large pot. Add sugar and onions, cover and cook on low for 30 minutes..
7. Raise heat and cook, stirring often on medium until golden, around 45 minutes.
8. Stir in flour, cook for a minute and add stock and wine. Partially cover and simmer gently for one hour..
9. Add Cognac, ladle into oven proof soup bowls, add bread slice and cover with cheese..
10. Bake at 400 degrees until lightly brown..

Sub'd the white wine for red and withheld the brandy. French Onion Soup is probably one of the most epic soups in this whole wide world. And yet, the soup itself is made with very few core ingredients: butter, onions, flour and stock/broth. This french onion soup recipe is made with perfectly caramelized onions, fresh thyme sprigs, crusty baguette slices and two types of melted cheese right on top!. It is a cold winter in Los Angeles.

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