French Onion Soup Recipe

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: chicken broth

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and suitable for vegetarians.

gruyère cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: cheddar cheese

Part-skim mozzarella has fewer calories, while cheddar is often less expensive.

Peel 5 white onions and 5 red onions.

Slice the onions.

Transfer half of the sliced onions into a big mixing bowl.

Toss the onions with salt, pepper, oil, and balsamic vinegar.

Transfer the remaining half of the onions into another bowl and toss with salt, pepper, oil, and balsamic vinegar.

Add a stock cube into each bowl of onions, going in dry.

Lay the onions onto a tray and roast them in a preheated oven at 220°C for half an hour, tossing halfway through.

After roasting, squeeze the roasted garlic out of the cloves.

Combine both trays of roasted onions into a large saucepan with plenty of vegetable stock.

Add 1 tablespoon of yeast extract and 1 teaspoon of sugar to the saucepan.

Bubble the mixture for another half an hour, allowing flavors to develop.

Toast slices of baguette until crispy.

Ladle soup into bowls, adding some cheese to the bottom of each bowl before adding the soup.

Top the soup with the toasted baguette slices and more cheese.

Place the bowls under the grill to melt the cheese.

Sauté baby shallots in butter, salt, and pepper until cooked.

Top the soup with sautéed shallots and fresh thyme before serving.

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