French Onion Soup

Onion Soup... i remembered how i used to wonder how does onion soup taste like.. kept on thinking how does one simply make soup out of only loads of onions!! Then.. there came the day.. i had my first taste of onion soup @ TGIF.. and i was blown away..amazed.. for an Asian like me.. this is totally new.. I been wanting to make this dish.. but couldn't find the time.. but- one thing that made me find the time and make it for real! ...and that is..Australian Big White Onions! It was on sale @ Tesco at almost 80% off! My version of French Onion Soup uses worchestershire sauce substituting wine that i found in most onion soup recipe..

... some of the ingredients i used ..


Ingredients:
1 Australian Big White Onion- thinly sliced
2 Big Yellow Onion - thinly sliced
1 garlic - minced
Olive oil
1 tsp brown sugar
1 liter of beef stock / 1 cube Knorr's Beef Stock
sea salt
pepper
1 bay leaf
a few sprigs of fresh thyme
1 - 2 tbsp worchestershire sauce ( to your liking)
slices of toasted baguette or any white bread toasted.
4 -5 slices of gruyere
grated parmesan

Method:
1. Pour olive oil in a pot and in low medium heat- saute the onions. This may take 20 minutes.
2. As the onions sweat, put into brown sugar. This will help the onion to caramalised.
3. When the onions turn brown, pour in beef stock, worchestershire sauce, put in bay leaf and thyme.
4. Let it simmer untill the onions are well dissolved.
5. Strain the soup into an oven proof bowl.
6. Cover the surface of the soup with toasted bread.
7. Sprinkle on top of the bread with gruyere and parmesan.
8. Broil the soup in a preheated the oven at 220 Celcius for 10 minutes or untill the cheese melted and slightly brown. Serve immediately.

saute the onions in a low medium heat.



                                    brown, caramalised onion

cover surface of the soup with toasted bread and sprinkle with gruyere and parmesan.

~ French Onion Soup ~