Soupe à l'oignon

[Clair]

I used to hate this, as my mother would always take the caramelisation too far and burn the onions...

I will try this one though and put the book on my wish-list:

Soupe à l'oignon

[WJT]

Thank you Claire, I didn't realise it was so simple! French onion soup is one of my favourites, I will definitely give this recipe a try.

[5-element]

Thanks Clair, this is a very nice simplified version, no need for flour and cognac, etc... I will try it too.[:)]

[Gardian]

Good recipe - OH made it this morning & we've just had the first portions (there's a further 3 portions each).  Total cost of ingredients - €1 (+ the wine!)  Made a nice change from the Turnip & Roast Garlic soup. 

As usual when you're caramelising onions, be brave and don't bottle out of getting them really brown, but not burned.  Also, a fair bit of seasoning required, for our taste at least.

 

[Suze01]

[quote user="Gardian"]

As usual when you're caramelising onions, be brave and don't bottle out of getting them really brown, but not burned.  Also, a fair bit of seasoning required, for our taste at least.

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and be very patient, it can take half an hour easily to caramelise the onions

[mint]

Nice to have a non meat eater version.  All the versions I knew before called for beef stock.

[sunny]

Thanks Claire.  This sounds good. I usually brown onions in the slow cooker, and will adapt the recipe to allow that. Yummy, can hardly wait to try out.

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[Cerise]

How do you brown onions in slow cooker please (still learning how to use mine).  Do you put them in with a drop of oil and leave?  How long etc?

Thanks

[sunny]

Cerise,

I slice the onions (I like red onions the most), and then add a big dollop of butter and some water and leave on overnight at the slowest setting.  Sorry, I don't use exact measurements, so cannot give you precise directions.  But it seems to work really well and I get lovely caramelized onions with loads of flavour.  I use them in curries and pasta dishes, but will try a French onion soup next

The simplest might be to put sliced onions in a crockpot in the morning  - add butter and oil (I think the butter really adds flavour) and a bit of water (a couple teaspoons).  I'm sure you can add bay leaves or peppercorns or whatever else you like.  Just keep checking every hour to make sure the onions are moist and browning nicely.

Happy cooking.

BP

[Cerise]

Thanks - I'll give it a go.  Sounds good for pie filling too.

[dragonrouge]

the book is now half price on amazon.