Name: Soupe à l’oignon (Onion Soup)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ¼ pound butter; 2 onions, sliced; 6 (½-inch thick) slices French bread; 1 teaspoon salt; ⅛ teaspoon pepper; 7 cups chicken stock; 2 tablespoons flour; 2 tablespoons sugar; 6 large yellow onions, sliced thin; Chunk of butter; Grated Gruyère or Parmesan cheese

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hows and Whys of French Cooking

By Alma Lach

Published 1974

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Ingredients

¼ pound butter
6 large yellow onions, sliced thin
2 tablespoons

Soup

Method

Melt butter in saucepan and then add 6 sliced onions. Cover with a lid and simmer for about 30 minutes. Add sugar and flour. Stir-cook a few minutes, then stir in stock, salt (remember Parmesan is salty), and pepper. Simmer for 30 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasonings.