Cooking Recipe Onion Soup~ French Style

Recipe Ingredients

3 lb Onion; peeled
1/2 c Butter
1 1/2 ts Pepper, black
2 tb Paprika
1 Bay leaf
3/4 c Flour
3 qt Beef bouillon
1 c Wine, white
2 ts Salt
1/2 lb Swiss cheese
French bread

Directions

Slice onions, 1/8 inch thick. Melt butter, place onions in it, saut#
slowly for 1 1/2 hours in a large soup pot. Add all other ingredients
except bouillon, wine and salt, saut# over low heat 10 minutes more.
Add bouillon and wine and simmer 2 hours. Adjust color to a brown
with caramel coloring or liquid browning sauce. Season to taste with
salt. Put in refrigerator overnight.

To serve: Heat soup. Fill ovenproof casser#le or individual oven-
proof bowls with 1 cup soup, top with 3 one-half inch slices of
French Bread and top with a slice of imported swiss cheese (Gruyere
preferred). Place under broiler to brown, approximately 5 minutes at
550 degrees. This is a five star recipe!

--- per Robert Reznikoff
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Categories matching this recipe

French ,Soups