Recipes : French Onion Soup

Ingredients:

• 5 onion (I use 2 sweet, 1 red, 1 white and 1 yellow)
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• 1 cup (8oz) leftover wine (I’ve used red and white, both work, although I like red better)
• About 2 cups chicken broth (I used leftover turkey broth)
• About 4 cups beef broth (2 cans) (lower sodium fat free preferred)
• 1 tbsp oat flour or other thickener
• 1 tbsp dried parsley
• 2 dried bay leaves
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• ½ tsp dried rosemary

Peel onion and cut into slices in half. Cut into thin slices. I usually add nuts finely ends of the pieces in different sizes.

Heat butter and oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.

Place a layer of onions to the pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Onion said, adding more seasoning salt and pepper. Continue until all layers of an onion. Let the onion for about 20 minutes. You begin to feel good sizzle. The temperature is so low that the onions do not burn.

After 20 minutes stir in the onion. Continue stirring with the onion over medium heat for at least an hour, occasionally. Significant reduction of the onion begins to darken and color.

After an hour increase heat to high. Add the wine and cook until reduced slightly.

Now it is my special art piece. Take one tablespoon of the mixture of onions, wine and put it in the blender. Add oatmeal, dried herbs and mix on the top for a second or two. Be sure to catch up and a towel, when the mixture of hot things.

Add broth and seasoning mix in the pot with the remaining onion-wine mixture. As for the soup, I use a mixture of beef and chicken meat in a total of about 6 cups. If you use boxes, would be a function of two chicken and beef.

Bring the broth to bring to a boil then reduce and serve to cook.

In my house we still skip the bread, but you can add it if you want. I sprinkle a bit of my cheese "Mozzarella imagination. The man had a thick slice of provolone cheese and broil it. In both cases it is good stuff!

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