News: Getting to the Points
News: Getting to the Points
by Galeanda on January 19th, 2010
You can't do any better than follow Julia Child's recipe. It's very good, pretty classical and I can share the recipe with you and a video of her making it with Jacques Pepin :-)
Julia Child's French Onion Soup
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 1/4 cup olive oil
* 3 lbs onions, halved and sliced thin
* 2 cloves garlic, minced very fine
* 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
* 2 cups dry white wine
* 6 cups beef stock or chicken stock (the beef will make a darker, more robust soup)
* salt and freshly ground black pepper
* 6 ovenproof soup bowls
* 12 toasted slices of French baguettes, 1/2 inch thick
* 2 cups Swiss cheese, grated
* 3 teaspoons Parmesan cheese, grated
1. In a large saucepan over medium heat melt the butter and oil together.
2. Add the onions, garlic, and sugar. Saute until slightly colored, stirring occasionally (don't stir too much - you want them to brown), for 7 minutes.
3. Add the white wine, raise temperature to medium high, and bring to a boil.
4. Lower temperature back down to medium and cook for 5 minutes.
5. Add the stock, raise temperature to medium high and bring to a simmer.
6. Lower temperature to low and simmer *uncovered* for 1 1/2 hours (90 minutes).
7. At this point you can freeze the soup for reheating later (after thawing).
8. To serve at this point, continue with steps: first, preheat your broiler.
9. Ladle the soup into the ovenproof soup bowls (6 of them).
10. Place two slices of toasted baguette onto the top of each soup bowl.
11. Sprinkle each serving with 1/3 cup of Swiss cheese, then 1/2 teaspoon of Parmesan cheese.
12. Place soup bowls onto a baking sheet and place in oven under preheated broiler.
13. Broil until the cheese melts (watch them carefully - depending on your broiler and how far the rack is from the heat, it can take anywhere to 45 to 90 seconds or so).
14. Serve immediately.
Here's a link to the video:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/video/item/julia-child-french-onion-soup-1/
by smiln32 on February 3rd, 2010
One of the EASIEST Onion Soup Recipes is on this site: http://www.painlesscooking.com/souprecipes.html
It's fast and it's delicious.
by bamkopp on January 22nd, 2010
Americas Test Kitchen has a great recipe!
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Comments
Ohhhhhhh....
My youngest and I are gonna have to try this! We LOVE French Onion soup!
by The Chief on January 19th, 2010
It's a great recipe. What's also a nice thing to do is to caramelize onions, a whole LOT of them, in the oven slowly, and store them for use later. I love a big jar of sweet brown onions ready to add to some dish I'm making. It sure beats sitting around at low temp and stirring, watching, those onions forever. I've even tried them in the slow cooker, and that works too, though I prefer the oven. Just slice them thin into rings, toss with a little oil, and place in a large cast iron or heavy pan with a lid, even foil might work. Into the 425 oven and stir every 15 minutes for about one hour. I start off with 5-6 pounds of onions and they reduce to just 2 cups of onions. But oh what onions they are!!! Like candy, sooooo good!!!!
by Galeanda on January 20th, 2010
Man, I'm dying here!
I'm gonna have to try this out in the next few weekends...Shiney Object Girl would LOVE to try this!
by The Chief on January 20th, 2010
I Hope you do, it's great to have jar of those in your fridge at all times, it's like jam!!! Onion jam!!! Use regular onions or for a treat, use sweets, like vidalia...it WILL be jam. Let me know ho wyou like it :-)
by Galeanda on January 20th, 2010
I'll do that!
by The Chief on January 20th, 2010