French Onion Soup

Do you have favorite dishes that come from very specific places? Like maybe the donuts from the family run bakery in the next town over from where you grew up? Or the chewy chocolate oatmeal cherry cookies that one café across town has. Or the french fries or chopped salad that you MUST order if you go to that one restaurant. (obviously I could play this game for days).

French Onion Soup

Anyways- Every time I am in New York I really try hard to go Pastis and mow down on French Onion Soup. Stringy, gooey stinky Gruyere cheese (lots of it!) and toasty rustic bread and brothy, oniony soup all sopped up with more bread. And in my typical fashion I hit Pastis last week wearing an elastic waste band all ready to pull up to the bread basket. Then I got the menu. My panicky eyes darted around, searching over and over again. They were still only serving breakfast. I was left high and dry.

French Onion Soup

I couldn’t shake my craving. I just couldn’t. So I came home and made this soup. Perfect for the week before Christmas after long days of work and school and everything else. Comfort Food- which everyone could use right now.

French Onion Soup

To make this soup, this is what you do:

In a large heavy pot, melt the butter and add the onions. Sprinkle some salt over the onions and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes.

French Onion Soup

Add the red wine and scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pot.

French Onion Soup

Add the broth and the thyme and put a lid on the pot. Turn the heat to low and simmer 60-120 minutes.

French Onion Soup

When the soup is finished simmering, season to taste with Kosher salt and black pepper.

French Onion Soup

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Put the bread slices on a sheet pan and drizzle with olive oil. Bake until golden- about 5-7 minutes. Take the garlic clove and rub it over the top of each piece of toast. When you remove the toast, increase the oven to broil.

Ladle the soup into oven proof bowls.

French Onion Soup

Top the bowls with pieces of the toast (you may have to cut some of them to fit).

French Onion Soup

Top the toasts with generous amounts of the gruyere cheese and a little bit of fresh thyme.

French Onion Soup

Place the bowls of soup on a sheet pan and broil for a couple minutes until golden and bubbly!

French Onion Soup

Recipe: French Onion Soup

Ingredients

  • -3 Tablespoons butter
  • -6 large yellow onions thinly sliced
  • -2 cups red wine
  • -8 cups beef broth
  • -1 sprig fresh thyme
  • -Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • -1 loaf rustic bread, cut into thick slices
  • -3 tablespoons olive oil
  • -1garlic clove
  • -8 ounces gruyere, finely shredded

Instructions

  1. 1. In a large heavy pot, melt the butter and add the onions. Sprinkle some salt over the onions and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes.
  2. 2. Add the red wine and scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pot.
  3. 3. Add the broth and the thyme and put a lid on the pot. Turn the heat to low and simmer 60-120 minutes.
  4. 4. Season to taste with Kosher salt and black pepper.
  5. 5. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Put the bread slices on a sheet pan and drizzle with olive oil. Bake until golden- about 5-7 minutes. Take the garlic clove and rub it over the top of each piece of toast.
  6. 6. Ladle the soup into oven proof bowls.

Preparation time: 20 minute(s)

Cooking time: 1 hour(s) 20 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 8

 

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French Onion Soup

Do you have favorite dishes that come from very specific places? Like maybe the donuts from the family run bakery in the next town over from where you grew up? Or the chewy chocolate oatmeal cherry cookies that one café across town has. Or the french fries or chopped salad that you MUST order if you go to that one restaurant. (obviously I could play this game for days).

French Onion Soup

Anyways- Every time I am in New York I really try hard to go Pastis and mow down on French Onion Soup. Stringy, gooey stinky Gruyere cheese (lots of it!) and toasty rustic bread and brothy, oniony soup all sopped up with more bread. And in my typical fashion I hit Pastis last week wearing an elastic waste band all ready to pull up to the bread basket. Then I got the menu. My panicky eyes darted around, searching over and over again. They were still only serving breakfast. I was left high and dry.

French Onion Soup

I couldn’t shake my craving. I just couldn’t. So I came home and made this soup. Perfect for the week before Christmas after long days of work and school and everything else. Comfort Food- which everyone could use right now.

French Onion Soup

To make this soup, this is what you do:

In a large heavy pot, melt the butter and add the onions. Sprinkle some salt over the onions and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes.

French Onion Soup

Add the red wine and scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pot.

French Onion Soup

Add the broth and the thyme and put a lid on the pot. Turn the heat to low and simmer 60-120 minutes.

French Onion Soup

When the soup is finished simmering, season to taste with Kosher salt and black pepper.

French Onion Soup

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Put the bread slices on a sheet pan and drizzle with olive oil. Bake until golden- about 5-7 minutes. Take the garlic clove and rub it over the top of each piece of toast. When you remove the toast, increase the oven to broil.

Ladle the soup into oven proof bowls.

French Onion Soup

Top the bowls with pieces of the toast (you may have to cut some of them to fit).

French Onion Soup

Top the toasts with generous amounts of the gruyere cheese and a little bit of fresh thyme.

French Onion Soup

Place the bowls of soup on a sheet pan and broil for a couple minutes until golden and bubbly!

French Onion Soup

Recipe: French Onion Soup

Ingredients

  • -3 Tablespoons butter
  • -6 large yellow onions thinly sliced
  • -2 cups red wine
  • -8 cups beef broth
  • -1 sprig fresh thyme
  • -Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • -1 loaf rustic bread, cut into thick slices
  • -3 tablespoons olive oil
  • -1garlic clove
  • -8 ounces gruyere, finely shredded

Instructions

  1. 1. In a large heavy pot, melt the butter and add the onions. Sprinkle some salt over the onions and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes.
  2. 2. Add the red wine and scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pot.
  3. 3. Add the broth and the thyme and put a lid on the pot. Turn the heat to low and simmer 60-120 minutes.
  4. 4. Season to taste with Kosher salt and black pepper.
  5. 5. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Put the bread slices on a sheet pan and drizzle with olive oil. Bake until golden- about 5-7 minutes. Take the garlic clove and rub it over the top of each piece of toast.
  6. 6. Ladle the soup into oven proof bowls.

Preparation time: 20 minute(s)

Cooking time: 1 hour(s) 20 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 8