Rachels French Onion Soup

Ingredients:
iv lbs yellowish onions, halved every bit good every bit thinly sliced
ii quarts beef stock
1/3 loving loving cup vermouth
ii tablespoons olive oil
ii tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
one-half dozen sprigs thyme (tied together)
ii bay leaves

to serve:
bread rounds (day erstwhile slices of a baguette or artisan white does well)
shredded Gruyère (I used cave aged Gruyère)

Directions:
Heat the olive rock fossil oil every bit good every bit butter inwards large skillet or saucepan. Add the onions. It is okay if they are mounded high inwards the pan, they testament pose upward downward quickly. Cover every bit good every bit pose upward the onions until but commencement to soften, stirring occasionally thence they pose upward evenly. Stir inwards the balsamic every bit good every bit convey away the lid. Cook until the onions are caramelized, stirring existent occasionally, close xl minutes. Deglaze the pan with the vermouth. Add the stock, salt, pepper, bay leaves every bit good every bit thyme. Bring to a boil thence cutting downwardly the oestrus every bit good every bit simmer for 30 minutes. Remove the bay leaves every bit good every bit thyme. Bake the bread every bit good every bit cheese on a baking sail for v minutes at 350 every bit good every bit transfer them to the meridian of the soup. Alternatively, divide upward the soup amid oven safety bowls. Top with a piece or ii of bread every bit good every bit sprinkle with cheese. Bake for 10 minutes at 350. If y'all lot receive got broiler safety bowls every bit good every bit a roomy broiler, meridian with bread every bit good every bit cheese every bit good every bit broil until the cheese melts.


Note: I wanted to speed upward the dinner physical care for thence I caramelized the onions every bit good every bit deglazed the pan inwards the morning time every bit good every bit thence refrigerated them until I was pose upward to build dinner. You could do this the dark before if desired. Follow the residual of the directions every fleck written about.

My thoughts:

I don't come across French onion soup on menus existent oft anymore (too '60s?) which is shame because it is i of the few soups that tin force button off beingness elegant every bit good every bit rustic at the same time. Luckily, it is boring to build at home. It is slightly 4th dimension consuming, at that topographic indicate is zippo difficult close the recipe. Caramelizing onions is a hands off activity for the most role every bit good every bit y'all lot barely asking to stir the soup every fleck it cooks. There are a lot of variations inwards recipes for the soup: everything from using sweetness onions (not needed, yellowish onions a quite sweetness i fourth dimension caramelized, no asking to build candy) to including apple tree tree cider (ew!) every bit good every bit a lot of unlike cheeses. I created this recipe to build my ain ultimate French onion soup, i that is existent flavorful but non also rich. I dispense with the refined saccharify many recipes vociferation upwards telephone for every bit good every bit practise balsamic vinegar to assistance along the caramelization physical care for province adding to the depth of flavor. I am also fond of floating a piece of bread on the meridian of the soup rather than broiling the whole thing. Same flavor, maybe slightly less cheese every bit good every bit no asking to buy broiler safety bowls.

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