Name: Five-Onion Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter; 3 shallots, thinly sliced; 1 small yellow onion, thinly sliced; 1 small red onion, thinly sliced; 2 green onions, chopped; 1 leek, white and pale green parts chopped; 1 tablespoon garlic, minced; 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves; 4 cups beef broth; 2/3 cup dry sherry; 2 tablespoons butter, melted for topping; 1 teaspoon garlic, minced for topping; 4 slices French bread, for topping; 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated for topping; 4 slices swiss cheese, for topping; 4 slices mozzarella cheese, for topping

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French Onion Soup is one of my favorite foods. This is a recipe I have made time and time again since 1994. It is one of the best Onion Soup recipes I have ever tried..homemade or from a restaurant!

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ingredients

¹⁄₄ cup butter
3 shallots, thinly sliced
1 small yellow onion, thinly sliced
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
2 green onions, chopped
1 leek, white and pale green parts chopped
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
¹⁄₈ teaspoon ground cloves
4 cups beef broth
²⁄₃ cup dry sherry
2 tablespoons butter, melted for topping
1 teaspoon garlic, minced for topping
4 slices French bread, for topping
¹⁄₂ cup parmesan cheese, grated for topping
4 slices swiss cheese, for topping
4 slices mozzarella cheese, for topping

directions

Melt 1/4 cup butter in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
Add shallots, all onions and leek; saute until golden, about 15 minutes.
Add 1 T. garlic and cloves; saute 1 minute.
Stir in broth and Sherry, bring to boil.
Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer 30 minutes.
Preheat broiler.
Combine 2 T. melted butter and 1 t. garlic in a small bowl.
Place bread on baking sheet and brush with half of garlic butter.
Broil bread until lightly toasted; about 2 minutes. Turn over and repeat this step.
Sprinkle bread with parmesan cheese.
Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
Ladle soup into oven safe bowls.
Top each bowl with 1 toasted bread slice, 1 slice of swiss and 1 slice of mozzarella.
Bake until soup is hot and cheese melts; about 10 minutes.

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review by Grannydragon

3/29/2008

I love to make soup! I have been searching for the greatest onion soup ever recipe. This was a very nice onion soup, just not the one I am searching for. It could be a bit stronger in the beef broth, perhaps. I served the bread cheese portion to the family, that went over perfectly, will use that part again. For me, needing gluten-free, no bread. I just laid the cheese atop the very hot soup in my bowl and it melted nicely. I think originally the reason the bread was under the cheese was to give it a raft!

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creation by Cook4_6

8/24/2006

French Onion Soup is one of my favorite foods. This is a recipe I have made time and time again since 1994. It is one of the best Onion Soup recipes I have ever tried..homemade or from a restaurant!