French

Soupe a l'Oignon Gratinee (French Onion Soup)

Name: Soupe a l'Oignon Gratinee (French Onion Soup)
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 large onions, thinly sliced; 3 tbsp butter; 6 cups vegetable broth; 1 baguette; 1.5 cups gruyere cheese, grated; 2 sprigs fresh thyme; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Amelie @amelie_nantes

Soupe a l'Oignon Gratinee (French Onion Soup) is French home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

60 min Medium Vegetarian Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

3 large onions, thinly sliced
3 tbsp butter
6 cups vegetable broth
1 baguette
1.5 cups gruyere cheese, grated
2 sprigs fresh thyme
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Melt the butter in a large heavy pot and add the onions, cooking over medium-low heat, stirring often, for 35 to 40 minutes, until deeply browned and jammy; do not rush this step, it is the whole flavor of the soup.
Pour in the vegetable broth, add the thyme, and season with half the salt and the pepper, then simmer for 15 minutes.
Heat the broiler, slice the baguette into 8 rounds, and toast them lightly on both sides.
Ladle the soup into oven-safe bowls, float 2 slices of toasted baguette on top of each, and pile the gruyere generously over the bread.
Broil for 2 to 3 minutes, until the cheese is bubbling and browned in spots, and serve immediately; a genuine winter supper on a cold Tuesday, not a restaurant starter.

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Serve it with

A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Soupe a l'Oignon Gratinee (French Onion Soup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
  
  40 min
Something cool and fresh
- Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Soupe a l'Oignon Gratinee (French Onion Soup) carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Soupe a l'Oignon Gratinee (French Onion Soup)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Gluten	Yes	Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 420 kcal
Protein: 17 g
Carbs: 43 g
Fat: 20 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 5 g
Sodium: 1460 mg
Saturated fat: 12 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Soupe a l'Oignon Gratinee (French Onion Soup) takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in the fall and winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.