Creamy Onion Soup Recipe - Cooking Index
Creamy Onion Soup Recipe - Cooking Index
| 2 cups | 125g / 4.4oz | Caramelized Onions - (see below) |
| 1 | Garlic - minced | |
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Flour |
| 2 cups | 474ml | Beef broth |
| 2 cups | 474ml | Chicken broth |
| 2 teaspoons | 10ml | Minced fresh thyme |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Salt |
| 1 teaspoon | 5ml | Sugar |
| Freshly ground black pepper - to taste | ||
| 1/3 cup | 78ml | Creme fraiche or sour cream - see * Note |
| 4 | Sourdough or country bread, thick - toasted | |
| 1/4 cup | 36g / 1.3oz | Grated Parmesan cheese |
| Caramelized Onions | ||
| 5 | Onions - peeled, chopped (large) | |
| 5 tablespoons | 75ml | Butter |
* Note: You can substitute sour cream for the creme fraiche, but add 1 teaspoon flour to stabilize it before stirring it into the soup.
To caramelize onions, begin by chopping 5 large onions. Heat 5 tablespoons butter in a heavy 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring frequently, until they just begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Cover and reduce the heat to medium-low. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are soft and golden brown, 25 minutes longer. Adjust the heat so the onions brown but do not burn.
Remove 2 cups onions for use in this recipe; cool, cover and refrigerate. You can add 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar to the onions remaining in the pan, plus salt and pepper to taste and serve with grilled sausages.
Heat onions in 3 1/2- to 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add garlic and saute until softened, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle flour over top and cook, stirring continuously, until flour is absorbed and cooked through, about 2 minutes.
Add beef and chicken broth, thyme, salt, sugar, and pepper to taste. Simmer 15 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in creme fraiche.
Place 1 piece toasted bread in each soup bowl. Ladle soup over top. Garnish with grated Parmesan and serve immediately.
This recipe yields 4 servings.
Each serving: 241 calories; 1,351 mg sodium; 14 mg cholesterol; 7 grams fat; 33 grams carbohydrates; 11 grams protein; 1.38 gram fiber.
Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 11-01-2000
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