Tuesday, April 7, 2009

French Onion Soup



Ingredients:

• 1/4 Cup butter
• 3 Onions, thinly sliced
• 1 tsp White sugar
• 1 tbsp All-purpose flour
• 2-1/2 Cups water
• 1/2 Cup red wine
• 2 (10.5 ounce) Cans condensed beef broth
• 8 Ounces sliced Swiss cheese

How to make French Onion Soup:

• Melt butter or margarine in a 4 quarter saucepan.
• Stir in sugar. Cook onions over medium heat for 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Stir in flour until well blended with the onions.
• Add water, wine, and beef broth; heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat to low. Cover soup, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Cut four 1 inch thick slices of bread from the loaf.
• Toast the bread slices at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) just until browned, about 10 minutes.
• Ladle soup into four oven safe bowls.
• Place 1 slice toasted bread on top of the soup in each bowl.
• Fold Swiss cheese slices, and fit onto toasted bread slices.
• Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 10 minutes, or just until cheese is melted.
• French Onion soup is ready.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

· Darn simple if you ask me, and delicious to boot! I simply adore this kind of cuisine. ·