Quick Onion Soup

Ingredients

2 tablespoons Butter (optional)
1 tablespoon Olive Oil (3 tablespoons for vegan version)
5 Medium Onions, thinly sliced
6 cloves Garlic, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon Sugar
5 quarts Chicken Broth (or miso for vegetarian version)
1/2 teaspoon Thyme
Salt, to taste
White Pepper, to taste
Toast with melted gruyere cheese, to accompany

Preparation

1
Peel and thinly slice onion.
2
Peel and thinly slice garlic.
3
Melt butter in large stock pot over medium-high heat.
4
Add olive oil to avoid burning.
5
Add sliced onions and begin the process of carmelizing onions. Carmelizing the onions to the deep carmel color necessary to obtain depth of flavor can be time-consuming. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar to the onions to speed the process of carmelizing
6
Add garlic once onions have begun to carmelize. (Adding onion too early could risk burning and adding an unpleasant bitterness to your soup.)
7
Slowly add 1-2 cups of dry white wine to continue depth of carmelization.
8
Add stock once onions reach a pleasant, caramel color.
9
Add thyme.
10
Cook at a lowl simmer for at least 1 hour, or as long as you care to wait.
11
Enjoy with toasts topped with melted gruyere.

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About

The deep satisfying sweet-umaminess of French Onion Soup is a favorite enjoyed by most. But the time it takes to make this from scratch the traditional way is often too long for most. I created this quick version for those times when a warm bowl of antibiotics is needed for someone feeling under the weather or when a warm bowl of soup sounds good on a cool day.

Yield:

1.0 servings

Added:

Saturday, May 21, 2011 - 3:40pm

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