French Onion Soup

 French Onion Soup

This is perhaps the most famous of all onion soups. Non-alcoholic variation is tried to this western French Onion Soup recipe replacing wine and brandy with curry powder to infuse spicy flavor. Yes it worked and was delicious.

What are the best onions to use for French onion soup

 

 

Choosing Onions for French Onion Soup

Sweet onion: mellow and sweet, with a brightness right at the end. Red onion: deeper flavor, with a slightly bitter edge and less sweetness. Yellow onion: lots of bright flavor, very mild bitterness, and a sweetness backing it up.

Ingredients
Serves 2-3
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp vegetable oil
5 large onions, sliced
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp sherry vinegar
2 tbsp all purpose flour
1 vegetable soup cube
2 tbsp curry powder
50g grated cheese
Salt and pepper to taste

For the roasted bread
2-3 slices of French bread
Garlic butter
50g cheese grated

Method


Heat butter and oil in a large pan; add onions, salt, sugar and vinegar. Sauté stirring occasionally for 10 minutes till onion turns to golden color. Add all purpose flour, thyme and curry powder, stir for few more minutes.

Add soup cube and one bowl of water, bring to boil. When soup starts simmering, season with salt and grated cheese. Mix well and turn off heat.

To make the toast, spread garlic butter to bread, sprinkle cheese, toast in oven for 5 minutes.

Ladle soup into bowls serve with toasted bread.