Quick French Onion Soup
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 80g butter
- 800g onions, peeled and sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 1.2 litres good beef stock
- salt and fresh ground black pepper
- 4 slices French bread, toasted
- 100g Gruyere, grated
Method
- Melt the butter in a pan over a medium heat and when foaming add the onions.
- Fry gently until soft and golden.
- Add garlic, flour, combine and cook for a few mins.
- Set aside off the heat for 2 mins to take the heat out.
- Now add the stock and bring to the boil, stirring. Season and reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 20 mins.
- When ready to serve, toast 4 slices of baguette on one side under the grill, top the untoasted side with grated Gruyere and place back under the grill until cheese melts.
- Adjust seasoning in the soup, pour into bowls and top with cheesy toast.
