Steps to Prepare Speedy French Onion Soup

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, french onion soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

French Onion Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. French Onion Soup is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have french onion soup using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make French Onion Soup:

1. Get 1/2 cup unsalted butter
2. Get 4 onions, sliced
3. Prepare 2 garlic cloves, chopped
4. Make ready 2 bay leaves
5. Make ready 2 fresh thyme sprigs
6. Make ready Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
7. Get 1 cup red wine, about 1/2 bottle
8. Get 3 heaping Tbsp all-purpose flour
9. Make ready 2 quarts beef broth
10. Get 1 baguette, sliced
11. Take 1/2 pound grated Gruyere

Instructions to make French Onion Soup:

1. Melt the stick of butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onions, garlic, bay leaves, thyme, and salt and pepper and cook until the onions are very soft and caramelized, about 25 minutes. Add the wine, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until the wine has evaporated and the onions are dry, about 5 minutes. Discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs.
2. Dust the onions with the flour and give them a stir. Turn the heat down to medium low so the flour doesn't burn, and cook for 10 minutes.
3. When you're ready to eat, preheat the broiler. Arrange the baguette slices on a baking sheet in a single layer. Sprinkle the slices with the Gruyere and broil until bubbly and golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
4. Ladle the soup in bowls and float several of the Gruyere croutons on top.
5. Alternative method: Ladle the soup into bowls, top each with 2 slices of bread and top with cheese. Put the bowls into the oven to toast the bread and melt the cheese.

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