French Onion Soup

Yumm

I loved this soup! I’d never made french onion soup before and this was a very easy recipe to follow. I haven’t made it since it was first published a couple of winters ago, but it’s been on my mind. I wanted to lick the bowl, that’s how good it is. I also like that you can vary the ingredients to your taste, not so much or a little more cognac if you wish. I’ll try adding some wine as others have suggested.

Tho’so many reviews,had to add one more.First had this delectable Soup at a Restaurant that has since been closed due to Hurricane.One of Only Three Recipes I would have desired from a Really Terrific Place.Why?The Presentation and the Ease of preperation.At Home can control Sodium and How dark to carmelise Onions.Choice of Bread & Cheese as well.A mouthfull of warmth&goodness.

I don’t even use Cognac in my onion soup I usually use white wine and sherry and if I don’t have any white wine I use Vermouth…I almost always use Vermouth cuz it’s really dry and everyone loves my french onion soup 🙂 And instead of Just Tyme I put a teaspoon of herb de provence I don’t know if I spelled it right but you get the picture. …Have fun cooking.

No need for cognac, really. It will add some extra richness, but the secret to French onion soup is taking the time to really caramelize the onions. Just set aside a couple of hours to slowly cook the onions and forget about any “quick caramelization” tricks because you will miss out on the amazing flavors that develop in the caramelization process. Aside from that, you can do whatever sort of variation you like. One of my favorites is to use a mushroom stock instead of beef stock. Super yummy richness like you’d get with a beef stock with only the slightest hint of mushroom taste (varies on the stock you use, of course), plus you can serve it to your vegetarian friends and even your vegan friends if you omit the Gruyere toast.

Could you possibly substitute something else for the cognac?
I have everything else, on hand. This soup sounds wonderful for a really cold day like today,with snow all around. I really don’t want to venture out.
Thanks for the information.

use some common sense and this is a very easy recipe. How much cognac? Well, let’s see what do you think? 5 cups? no. It’s for the taste, not to get drunk. Do you really think you would cook onions for 2 hours on high? Or even medium for that matter? Cook in what? A pot maybe big enough to hold the 6 cups of broth you’ll be using. Ok, maybe for my 9 year old this might be challenging, but for an adult?

You really have to be in the mood for french onion soup for this to be worth the effort. Watch the thyme, it can get over powering.

This is not a recipe. It is part of an ARTICLE in the Magazine that gives ideas of different kinds of soups. If you want a recipe with full explicit details, there are 150 other recipes for French Onion Soup on the FN website. Pass this one by and find one that suits your needs. STOP rating it!

Unless you are an expert cook and/or have prepared french onion soup this receipit is worthless, Poor job!