This is a great entree for a dinner party. Homemade beef stock ( that was made from beef bone, cooked slowly in my slow cooker over night) which means you are not only giving your guest's a delicious soup you are also looking after their GUT.
I made my onions a few months ago and had frozen them. I doubled this recipe, so it took longer to cook. Long and slow, it is all about the onions remember.
French Onion Soup Recipe
1 kg white onions - slice thinly
1 tbsp oil
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp brown rice malt syrup
1 tsp sea salt
3 tbsp flour - rice flour or plain
6 cups homemade beef stock
1 cup wine wine
2 bay leaves
1 tsp dried sage
slices of french bread - 1 or 2 slices per serving
200 gr gruyere cheese - slice
Himalayan salt / black pepper
Method
1 - In a slow cooker or a large heavy pot - melt butter and add oil and toss in your onions.
2 - Cook on low with the lid on until they are soft and translucent. It will take a few hours. Stir every now and then.
3 - Now to brown or caramelize the onions - turn the heat up to medium and add the sugar and salt, cook until nice and brown, stirring often, if in a pot.
4 - Once caramelized, reduce heat and add your flour. Cook for 3 minutes.
5 - Stir in 1 cup of hot stock and scrape off the bottom bits of the pot.
6 - Add the rest of the stock, wine, sage and bay leaf. Simmer for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
This soup needs to be not too runny and not too thick.
Taste and season
7 - Just before serving, lay your bread on top and then the cheese. Place until a grill to melt.
Serve.
I don't have photo's of the process of cooking the onions, I did them a few months ago, and frozen them.
I placed the cooked, caramelized onions in my pot and add the flour, stirred and cooked for a few minutes.
I added the sage, bay leaves then the wine.
I added the hot stock and cooked until the mixture is not to runny and not to thick.
Slice your bread and top with cheese.
Pour the soup in small bowls, place the bread and cheese on top and grill until melted - you can grill it for longer until it goes brown not burnt.
Bon Apetit xx
''The Remarkables'' in Queenstown.