Onion Mushroom Soup With Cheese Croutes
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 5 cups thinly sliced onions (about 2 large)
- 1 large clove garlic, sliced
- 2 teaspoons packed brown sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 cups thinly sliced small mushrooms
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄3 cup dry sherry or 1/3 cup wine
- 4 cups sodium-reduced beef broth or 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 cup shredded swiss-style cheese
- 4 slices baguette
directions
- In large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat; cook onions, garlic, sugar, thyme and bay leaf, stirring occasionally, until onions are very soft and starting to brown, about 20 minutes.
- Add mushrooms, salt and pepper; cook, stirring, until well browned, about 10 minutes. Add sherry; cook, scraping up browned bits, until no liquid remains.
- Add broth and 1/2 cup (125 mL) water; bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Discard bay leaf.
- Meanwhile, sprinkle cheese over bread slices; broil on baking sheet until golden, about 3 minutes. Ladle soup into bowls; top with croutes.
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Made this for DH and I so I cut the recipe in half and wish I would have left the full amount...I wanted some the next day! This was really quite easy and delicious. I followed the directions using beef broth and adding dry sherry. Definately a keeper. Made for New Kids on the Block. Thank you for submitting the recipe.
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.