A rich onion soup is a classic of French cuisine, which is very easy to repeat in your own kitchen. This soup has a light brown tint and a sweetish taste of onions, which has long languished and had time to caramelize. There are quite a lot of variations of this dish, but we will discuss the most important and, most importantly, the most delicious.
How to cook onion soup: recipe
Ingredients:
- dried ceps - 30 g;
- butter - 30 g;
- white onions - 2.5 kg;
- dry white wine - 65 ml;
- vegetable broth - 500 ml;
- the laurel leaf;
- thyme branches - 3 pcs .;
- cheese (preferably gruyer) - 90 g;
- buns.
Preparation
Cut the white onion rings and pass on the melted oil until it is transparent. Add laurel, thyme, a little salt and sugar, mix thoroughly and put dishes with onions on minimum fire. Cover the dishes with a lid and simmer the onion for about half an hour, stirring occasionally. When the chopped bulbs turn into a golden brown sticky mass, then it's time to pour everything with wine and broth, add pre-soaked mushrooms, stir and heat, not leading up to a boil. We remove from the soup thyme and laurel.
From the buns we cut off the top and remove the pulp, leaving only the cavity for the soup itself. We pour soup into buns, sprinkle with gruyer and place under the grill. Bow onion soup with cheese, not forgetting a glass of white wine.
Onion soup with salmon - recipe
Ingredients:
- butter - 45 g;
- white onions - 1.5 kg;
- fish broth (from salmon) - 2 liters;
- fillet of salmon - 450 g;
- thyme - 2 branches;
- cloves of garlic - 2 pcs .;
- grated hard cheese;
- baguette.
Preparation
Cut the white onion into thin rings, season, add thyme, pour with melted butter and mix. Put the onion in a preheated oven to 160 ° C for 40-45 minutes or until it begins to caramelize. Periodically, pieces of onions will need to be stirred so that they do not burn. Meanwhile, cut the fillet of salmon cubes and boil it in broth. We baked onion, mix mashed potatoes with broth and pour over refractory forms. Fry the baguette slices until crunch, rub the toast with a slice of garlic and put them on top of the soup. From the top we fall asleep a dish with cheese and at once we put under a grill that cheese on a surface was fused.
If there is a desire, you can prepare a similar onion soup in a multivark. First fry the onion in the "Quenching" mode, mix the fish with it and wait until it comes to the ready. Pour the contents of the bowl with broth and mix.
How to cook lean onion soup: recipe
Full onion soup with cheese can be cooked even in fasting. Yes, yes, and cheese will be there, although it is completely different from the original dairy product, but in taste does not concede at all.
Ingredients:
- white onion - 2,8 kg;
- vegetable oil - 60 ml;
- flour - 30 g;
- vegetable broth - 1.5 liters;
- bread crutons - 6 pcs .;
- fresh greens;
- Cashew (raw and soaked for 8 hours) - 1 item;
- water 240 ml;
- lemon juice - 20 ml.
Preparation
On half of the vegetable oil we pass onion rings, reduce fire and wait about half an hour, stirring every 5 minutes. Caramelized onions are poured into the soup ladle to decontaminate the dishes. On the remaining oil, grill the flour for a minute, add the flour to the broth with onions, mix it to completely break up, and pour the remaining liquid. We add any basic spices to taste.
For "cheese" in a blender, beat the soaked nuts with water and lemon juice, slightly add salt mixture.
We pour soup on forms, from above we put a coolie, on it - nut "cheese" and bake everything under a grill to a ruddy crust.