onion soup au gratin
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this is a recipe by famous french chef james beard
(2 ratings)
yield
4 serving(s)
method
Stove Top
Ingredients For onion soup au gratin
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2 lgonions, peeled and coarsley chopped
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6 Tbspunsalted butter
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1 Tbspall purpose flour
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1 cdry white wine
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2 cbeef stock
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salt and pepper
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pinch freshly ground nutmeg
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1/2 cplus two tablespoons shredded gruyere cheese
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8 smslices french bread
How To Make onion soup au gratin
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1saute the onions in 3 tablespoons of the butter in a large- bottom sauce pan over med heat until there limp and golden brown, shaking the pan well as they cook so they dont stick or burn, about 10 min. stir in the flour, then mix in the wine and the stock. season with salt and pepper to taste, and add the nutmeg. cover and simmer over very low heat for 1 hour, then add 2 tablespoons of the cheese.
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2while theb soup simmers, melt the remaining 3 tablespoons butter in a skillet and saute the bread over med hi heat until crispy brown on both sides.
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3ladle the soup into oven proof bowls; arrange 2 or 3 of the fried bread on top of each and sprinkle each with about 2 tablespoons of the remaining cheese. put in a 450f oven or under a hot broiler until the cheese melts and forms a thick brown crust. then serve hot
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