French Onion Soup Recipe
Servings 4 people
Cost 10
Equipment
- 3 quart sauce pan
- 12-inch sauté pan
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 large yellow onions
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp balsamic glaze
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 cup grated gruyere cheese
- 1 cup homemade croutons
Instructions
- Peel and cut onions in half, then cut into slices.
- In a 12 inch sauté pan, place butter, olive oil, onions and brown sugar.
- Cook over medium low heat, stirring every 15 minutes, until the onions are a deep golden brown. This will take anywhere from 30-45 minutes. Cooking low and slow is the name of the game here.
- Pour the beef broth into the 3 quart sauce pan. Add the balsamic glaze. Cook over medium heat until almost boiling.
- Add the caramelized onions to the broth. Turn heat down to low and simmer soup for 5 minutes.
- Set oven to broil and heat up.
- While the broiler heats up, shred the cheese.
- Place oven safe bowls on a baking sheet. Put 4 to 5 croutons in the bottom of each bowl. Ladle soup in each bowl filling a half inch from the top. Cover soup with shredded gruyere cheese.
- Put baking sheet with soups under the broiler and broil until the soup is completely melted and the edges of the cheese are starting to toast. Keep a watchful eye and do not let the cheese burn.
- Place hot bowl on dinner plate and serve immediately.