French onion soup

Traditional French onion soup with toasted toast.

Ingredients:

• 7 peeled and sliced onion
• 20 g / 0,7 oz / 0,1 cup butter
• 20 ml / 0,7 fl.oz / 0,1 cup cooking oil
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 1 l / 35 fl.oz / 4,2 cup vegetable/beef broth
  
• Pepper
• Salt

 

Recipe steps:

1. Cut the onion into strips or rounds and fry it in butter and oil on a low flame.
2. When the onions have softened and are not yet brown, add the flour and stir to make the flour fry nicely.
3. Then add the broth, ideally vegetable, or beef. Add the broth cold and stirring constantly.
4. Season with salt, pepper, bring to the boil and cook covered over a low heat for 30 minutes.
5. Anyone who likes can add a little wine or brandy to the soup, it accentuates the taste of the soup (not adding at the end of the cooking, but about 10-15 minutes before the end to boil the alcohol).
6. When serving, we use croutons that we have baked in the oven together with the cheese - we can even skip this step, but it would be a shame.