I used my OXO Good Grips mandoline to slice the onions finely and gently sauteed them with oil and butter until they were soft and golden. It was only then that I thought I should, perhaps, check out a recipe. I found the ideal recipe at BBC Good Food although I didn’t use wine in my soup but replaced this with a bit more beef stock.
I had one pannini roll left over from the Chorizo Burgers so split it, divided it into triangles, drizzled with olive oil and some cheese slices and put it under the grill to brown. The bread was perfect to float on top of the soup and then push down into it, soaking up all the sweet oniony broth.
This is such a simple soup to make and the ingredients are inexpensive and freely available, so I am entering it for this month’s Credit Crunch Munch, the blog event run by Helen at Fuss Free Flavours and Camilla at Fab Food 4 All.
Jacqueline Meldrum says
Your blog looks amazing Janice!!!! Soup looks good too, but veggie stock for me.
Janice Pattie says
Thanks for your advice, Jac. It was easier than I thought!
belleau kitchen says
well firstly let me just say that your blog looks so cool, well done honey, I know how hard it is to take that leap and redesign but you've done it so well and it looks just great… I need to get my act together too!… secondly, wow, that dark, rich onion soup… glorious!… xx
Galina Varese says
Love your new header, Janice! And a perfect soup for January.
Choclette says
That's a brave step you've taken, but really like your blog redesign Janice – great header. And I'm invariably happy with a good bowl of soup.
Jan Bennett says
Love the blog and love that soup!
Camilla @FabFood4All says
My son has been nagging me to make French Onion Soup as he has acquired a taste for it from school so now I know where to come:-) Thank you for entering Credit Crunch Munch:-)