Classic French Onion Soup

Soups | French cuisine

⏳ Time

1 hour 30 minutes + 4 hours

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

You need to prepare chicken broth and dark beef broth from roasted bones in advance.

Ingredients

Spanish onions - 4 pieces
Butter - 6 tablespoons
Sugar - 1 tablespoon
Chicken Broth - 25 fl oz
Rosé Dry Wine - 4 fl oz
Campbell's Beef Broth - 25 fl oz
White bread - ½ piece
Hard Cheese - 3 oz
Salt - to taste
Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Bay leaf - to taste

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Slice 4 large yellow onions (about 250–300 grams each) into rings and cut half a baguette of French white bread into thin slices, like for toasts.

Step 2

Melt the butter in a large pot with a capacity of at least 4 liters. Add the onions and sauté them in the butter for 12 minutes (or until the onions turn golden) over medium heat, stirring constantly.

Step 3

Add the brown sugar and continue stirring, cooking for another minute. Add the prepared broths, cover the pot with a lid, and bring the soup to a boil. Reduce the heat and cook, without boiling, for 12 minutes.

Step 4

You can pour in the Chablis wine and cook for another 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle the soup into deep clay pots, placing the toasted bread slices on top and sprinkling them with finely grated hard cheese. Place in the oven to melt the cheese.