How to Cook Appetizing French Onion Soup

French Onion Soup. Ladle soup into oven safe serving bowls and place one slice of bread on top of each (bread may be broken into pieces if you prefer). Melt the stick of butter in a large pot over medium heat. French onion soup gets its rich flavor and color from the cooking of the onions.

French Onion Soup is probably one of the most epic soups in this whole wide world. And yet, the soup itself is made with very few core ingredients: butter, onions, flour and stock/broth. Melt butter in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven over medium-low heat. You can cook French Onion Soup using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of French Onion Soup

1. You need of The Stock.
2. Prepare 4 lb of lbs. cracked beef bones/soup bones w/o meat.
3. Prepare 2 of onions, halved.
4. You need 2 of scrubbed quartered carrots.
5. Prepare 2 of celery stalks.
6. Prepare of bouquet garni:0.25 tsp. thyme, 1 bay leaf, 6 parsley sprigs, 2 unpeeled garlic cloves, 2 whole cloves.
7. It's 10 cups of water.
8. You need of For the Onions and Soup.
9. It's 1 1/2 lbs of or about 5 cups of thinly sliced yellow onion.
10. It's 3 Tbsp of Tbs butter+1 Tbs Oil.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
12. You need 1 of ⁄4 tsp sugar (helps the onions to brown).
13. It's 3 Tbsp of flour.
14. It's 1/2 cup of dry white wine.
15. Prepare of The strained Stock.
16. It's to taste of salt and pepper.
17. Prepare 2 Tbsp of tbs Cognac, brings the flavors together.
18. It's 4 of rounds of hard-toasted french bread.
19. Prepare of Grated good Swiss Cheese to cover.
20. Prepare of Cook and assemble.

Place soup pot into the oven with the lid slightly ajar to ensure the onions will brown. There are two essential components of a good French onion soup. Your soup will only be as good as the stock you are using. This soup traditionally is made with beef stock, though sometimes a good beef stock can be hard to come by and expensive to make.

French Onion Soup instructions

1. Heat oven to 450F. Arrange the meat, bones, onions, and carrots in a cast iron pan. Place in the middle portion of the oven and roast for 30-40 minutes, turning occasionally until nicely browned..
2. Remove from the oven and drain fat out of roasting pan. Transfer into an 8 or 10 quart soup kettle. Pour a cup or two of the water to the pan, set over heat (or back in the still hot oven). Scrape up all the brown bits at the bottom. Pour all that into the kettle..
3. Tie the Bousquet garni in a coffee filter or cheese cloth..
4. Cover ingredients with 10 cups water. Bring to a simmer, skim and add the salt, celery and bouquet garni. Simmer the stock for 4 to 5 hours. Strain the stock out of the kettle into a bowl..
5. ONIONS, COOKING AND FINAL ASSEMBLY.
6. Melt butter, add oil to a large pot. Add sugar and onions, cover and cook on low for 30 minutes..
7. Raise heat and cook, stirring often on medium until golden, around 45 minutes.
8. Stir in flour, cook for a minute and add stock and wine. Partially cover and simmer gently for one hour..
9. Add Cognac, ladle into oven proof soup bowls, add bread slice and cover with cheese..
10. Bake at 400 degrees until lightly brown..

Meanwhile, lightly toast bread under a broiler; set aside. Ladle hot soup into six ovenproof bowls. Arrange the bowls on a baking pan. French Onion Soup is a classic soup recipe for good reason! Sweet caramelized onions are simmered in a rich beefy broth to create a soup base that is loved by everyone!.