French onion soup recipe

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  • Cuisine: French

Ingredients

60g unsalted butter
4 -5 brown onions, peeled and finely sliced
50g flour
2 litres water
1 glass white wine
100g French Gruyère cheese, ½ cut into cubes and ½ grated
1 baguette
Salt and pepper

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Preparation

Melt butter in a heavy saucepan, add onion then cook for 25 minutes until the onion is deep golden brown and beginning to caramelize. Stir from time to time.

Add flour and stir for 2 minutes.

Add water and wine and season with salt and pepper.

Add cubes of cheese, stir and bring to the boil.

Cover and simmer for 20- 25 minutes. Check seasoning.

Slice the baguette, sprinkle with the remaining cheese and grill until the cheese is melted.

Put the soup in a serving bowl and serve with the toasted baguette on top.

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13 Apr 2012 10:54 AEST
hey
hefield
cool
keep walking on my friend
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09 Feb 2012 01:00 AEST
iamac
Melbourne
yummy
I have cooked this soup but I put beef stock instead of water and also added thyme and sherry instead of wine. happy cooking.
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06 Jul 2011 08:11 AEST
tina
Little Bay NSW
Superb!
The best ! easy to prepare and very enjoyable ! just substitute water with campbell's beef stock .
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22 Mar 2011 11:01 AEST
Hez
Adelaide
Easiest and most rewarding soup ever!!
I just wanted to let everybody know that this soup is extremely delicious and very very easy to make. The Gruyere cheese is the star of this dish as it gives the soup its rich and creamy flavours but also adds to the texture as well. It's hard to believe that these simple ingredients can create such a delicious meal!! One of the best soups I have ever made yet so simple!!
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14 Jul 2010 04:01 AEST
Anastasia
Craigieburn VIC
Yum!
I have made this soup before and I added beef stock rather then just plain water. I didn't use the cheese because I didn't have any or wine because I don't drink, and it tasted great. I will be making it again tonight and include the cheese (jarlesburg) and the toasted bread with the cheese.
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08 Jul 2010 03:51 AEST
Artur
Lane Cove
The best ever
Made it last week. Instead water I cooked with light chicken stock (home made). It takes a bit more than 25 minutes. The final result was amazing. Will be making again and again during winter. Awesome.
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05 Jul 2010 07:14 AEST
Gooey
Braddon
Use beef stock instead of water...double & grate the cheese
I've just put down my spoon...yum! I also found it to be too watery and flavourless to start off with. However, I added 1 1/2 beef stock cubes, and 100g of cheese whilst I was checking the seasoning...and it took on alot more body. The beef stock helped the seasoning so much. Also, I made sure I used a really good european butter which made the onion beautiful and creamy. I couldn't find french guyrere in my supermarket so used swiss...would love to know what the difference in flavour is.
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26 Apr 2010 03:18 AEST
Jo
Singapore
Disappointing!
I tried this last night - was very bland and watery! I love the TV show and got the recipe book as a present, but some of the recipes just don't taste as good as you think they would (and it's not my cooking!!). I wonder if they test the recipes before publishing them?
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