I have decided that I am going to start something new on this blog and I shall call it Recipe day! You’ll notice that I haven’t called it “Food Friday” or “Tasty Tuesday” and there is a very good reason for this. Let’s be realistic here people, I’m not nearly reliable enough to stick to one specific day. My inaugural recipe is French Onion Soup and it’s fucking delicious.
You’ll need;
4 cups of red wine (1 for the soup, 3 to drink while cooking)
4 or 5 cups beef stock (or one of those liter boxes if you don’t make your own)
2 large sweet onions
1 tbsp butter (the real stuff, not marg)
1 tbsp olive oil
tsp mustard powder
about 1/2 cup swiss or smoked gruyere cheese
couple of slices of baguette
2 Oven safe french onion soup bowls
Slice up onions and saute them in butter and olive oil. Cook over medium heat stirring every now & then for about 1 hour until they’re a pan of golden brown caramelized goodness.
While the onions are cooking put on a pot of beef stock. Drop in garlic cloves, mustard powder and red wine and simmer while onions are cooking.
Grate the cheese and toast the slices of baguette under the broiler. Once the onions are
ready add them to the beef stock and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and let it simmer for 15 min. Fill soup bowls, put in toasted bread and top with cheese. broil on high until cheese is brown and bubbly. Serve with bread and slices of hot Genoa or some other yummy rich sausage.
Oh yeah. That’s the goods.
For more goodness check out my food blog Fig & Pepper
