The secret to the rich colour and flavours of this soup is cooking the onions until tender and then allowing them to caramelise.
Author: Eric @ shadesofcinnamon.com
Recipe type: vegetarian, soup
Serves: 4
Ingredients
50g butter
2 cloves garlic, crushed
3 medium sized onion, sliced very thinly
5ml sugar
salt to taste
1 litre vegetable stock (4 tsps stock powder to 1 ltre/ or 4 stock cubes
a few sprigs of thyme
250ml dry white wine
Gruyere cheese grated
a few slices of french loaf
Instructions
Peel and slice the onions very thinly. I like to use a mandoline.
Melt the butter over low heat and gently cook the onions until soft, add the garlic and sweat down slowly until the onions become golden and caramelized. Do not allow to burn.
Add salt, stock, thyme and wine and cook for a further 20 minutes.
Preheat the grill and slice french loaf.
Grate the Gruyere cheese over the slices of bread and place under the grill, until the cheese bubbles.
Serve the soup and pop the cheesy slices on top.
Recipe by Shades of Cinnamon at https://www.shadesofcinnamon.com/french-onion-soup/