French Onion Soup
December 18, 2007Dr. T asked me if I knew what French Onion Soup was called in France. What? Soup d’Onion. Duh. He does think he’s witty!
What:
8 large onions, chopped in rings
1/2 cup butter
12 cups of condensed beef broth, undiluted
1 1/2 teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce (if you can find the GF kind)
3 bay leaves
GF Bread, cut into cubes
Gruyere cheese (or parmesan, mozzarella or what ever your favorite is, mine is Gruyere)
How:
Saute the onions in butter, until browned a bit. Dump into slow cooker/crockpot. Add broth, Worcestershire sauce and bay leaves. Cover and cook on low for 5-7 hours (or how ever long you are at work, nothing happens if you go an hour or two longer). Remove the bay leaves.
Scoop soup into oven-proof bowls. Add a handful of bread and top with cheese. Melt under the broiler until the cheese browns just a touch. Eat.
I used GF white rice bread and it was good. Then I tried just with cheese and that was good, too. I like cheese more than bread. And I really like melted clumps of cheese.
Oh boy does that sound yummy! One problem in my house…my hubby hates onions! If I made it, it would be all mine. Wait- that doesn’t sound like a bad thing, does it?
Thanks for sharing the recipe. One question: What does GF stand for?
Uh never mind… I am so not awake! I know what GF means now!
lol
Julie made me smile….
Liz, we all think you’re witty!
alex
I finally had a chance to try this – well, a version of it
I put tons of onions in with my pot roast, some beef broth (I didn’t have much on hand, hence combining w/ the pot roast), water and worceshire. The pot roast was delicious! I seived off the onions, put them in the fridge, got the fat layer off the broth & recombined. Put in the oven w/ swiss cheese on top …. yummy good. And nice for this winter weather!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Andie