Easy Elegant French 4-Onion Soup
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 8 beef bouillon cubes (or Lawry's Au Jus seasoning packets)
- 8 cups water
- 4 tablespoons kerry irish gold salted butter
- 3 large onions
- 1 leek, cleaned and sliced thin
- 3 shallots, peeled and chopped fine
- 1 bunch scallion, trimmed and finely chopped
- 1 cup grated gruyere cheese
- 5 slices French bread
- 1 cup fish eye pinot grigio wine
directions
- Peel and slice onions very thin and add sliced leek, finely chopped shallots and chopped scallions.
- Melt butter on medium heat in a 4 quart pot.
- Add all 4 types of onions and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until caramelized ~ about 25-40 minutes minutes.
- Bring 8 cups water to boil.
- Add (what I prefer) Lawry's Au Jus seasoning packets OR Knorr beef bouillon OR orringt9n beef broth powder OR organic beef broth [vegans could substitute MORGA vegetable broth] to dissolve.
- Add beef broth all at once to onions.
- Add wine and heat just to boiling.
- Toast french bread.
- Grate gruyere cheese (or use Sargento grated cheese ~ swiss or Monterey jack are best).
- Pour very hot soup into bowls and sprinkle grated cheese on top.
- If desired, put ovenproof crocks or stainless steel container under the broiler to melt the grated cheese --.
- Serve with piece of toasted bread.
- This would be very good chilled in the summer, too.
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