Fantastic French Onion Soup
A yummy take on the traditional French onion soup. Caramelised onions are simmered with beef stock, then poured over toasted bread, topped with cheese and baked.
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 2 onions, thinly sliced
- 50g butter
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- 600ml beef stock
- 600ml water
- 6 slices French bread
- 40g grated Parmesan cheese
- 55g grated Gruyere cheese
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:45min
- Preheat oven to 220 C / Gas 7.
- In a medium saucepan saute onions in butter until soft, approximately 20 minutes. Stir in flour and gradually add stock and water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, toast French bread slices.
- Place toasted bread into soup bowls. Pour soup mixture over bread and sprinkle with Parmesan and Gruyere cheese. Bake for 10 minutes.
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This recipe was a pretty good BASE for a 5 star onion soup. As a few people have pointed out, it was very bland. It had 5 stars so I gave it a whirl. I was very disappointed by the amount of doctoring I had to do to this recipe. There wasn’t nearly enough onions, instead of 2 onion I used about 4 cups, omitted the water and halved the butter. I also added about 2 T. garlic (fresh, minced), 1/4c white wine, 2T worcestershire sauce, 1T fresh parsley, dash of salt and a healthy dose of fresh ground pepper and about 1/2t herbs de provence(yum!). The result turned out very yummy but I felt like I had to rewrite the whole recipe. - 17 May 2006 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
my boyfriend loves french onion soup, so i thought i'd give this one a try! Following this recipe like it is was VERY BLAND! it defintly needed some flavoring help. These are the changes i made: Just like some of the below comments i used only 3T of butter (this was PLENTY!!!). I also sauteed the onions with 1 clove chopped garlic - then added 1/4 cup of white wine. I also added about a cup more of beef stalk (would have done boullion if i had had it). I also added 1 1/2 Tbl. of worchestier sauce, 1/2 tsp parsley, and 1/4 tsp ground thyme. With these changes..mmm.. it turned out yummy! - 30 Apr 2006 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
I've had to try so many different recipes and I finally got it right with this one. This is the best recipe you'll find for French Onion Soup. I add in a couple of teaspoons of Worstershire sauce because my pallet calls for it. Tons of cheese and bread and you have an entire meal. We love this one! - 25 Aug 2002 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)