French Onion Soup

Once For Poor People
Delicious Restaurant Soup Recipe

If you have some onions and beef broth you can make French Onion Soup. It has been made for centuries and was once considered a soup for poor people. I guess because almost everyone must have had onions available.

The modern version of this soup apparently originated in France in the 17th century. The onions were carmelized, added to beef stock and topped with dry bread (croutons) and cheese.

From the reading I have done, the cheese that was used was gruyere, a cheese made in the Gruyere district of Switzerland. This restaurant soup recipe calls for using Swiss cheese, a cheese that is a member of the Gruyere family of cheeses.

The soup is usually finished by placing it in a slow oven to melt the cheese. When serving this soup at the restaurant, often the servers deliver two napkins to the guests. :-)

French Onion Soup Recipe
Famous Restaurant Soup Recipe
Preparation time: 30 minutes. Serves 4.

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Ingredients:

2 cups of onions, sliced or diced (it is easier to eat if you dice the onions) and sauteed until brown

1 quart basic brown stock

1/3 cup white wine

Pinch of thyme

1/3 bay leaf

1 tablespoon sherry

French bread, toasted lightly in oven

Swiss cheese, sliced

Instructions: