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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 35 Minutes |
Ready In: 55 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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French Onion Soup is one of my favorite foods. This is a recipe I have made time and time again since 1994. It is one of the best Onion Soup recipes I have ever tried..homemade or from a restaurant! Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter |
3 shallots, thinly sliced |
1 small yellow onion, thinly sliced |
1 small red onion, thinly sliced |
2 green onions, chopped |
1 leek, white and pale green parts chopped |
1 tablespoon garlic, minced |
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves |
4 cups beef broth |
2/3 cup dry sherry |
2 tablespoons butter, melted for topping |
1 teaspoon garlic, minced for topping |
4 slices french bread, for topping |
1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated for topping |
4 slices swiss cheese, for topping |
4 slices mozzarella cheese, for topping |
Directions:
1. Melt 1/4 cup butter in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
2. Add shallots, all onions and leek; saute until golden, about 15 minutes.
3. Add 1 T. garlic and cloves; saute 1 minute.
4. Stir in broth and Sherry, bring to boil.
5. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer 30 minutes.
6. Preheat broiler.
7. Combine 2 T. melted butter and 1 t. garlic in a small bowl.
8. Place bread on baking sheet and brush with half of garlic butter.
9. Broil bread until lightly toasted; about 2 minutes. Turn over and repeat this step.
10. Sprinkle bread with parmesan cheese.
11. Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
12. Ladle soup into oven safe bowls.
13. Top each bowl with 1 toasted bread slice, 1 slice of swiss and 1 slice of mozzarella.
14. Bake until soup is hot and cheese melts; about 10 minutes.
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