Onion Soup

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds or about 5 cups of thinly sliced yellow onions (Deb note: I find even 6-7 cups is never too much)
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon oil
• A heavy-bottomed 4-quart covered saucepan
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar (helps the onions to brown)
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 quarts boiling brown stock, canned beef bouillon, or 1 quart of boiling water and 1 quart of stock or bouillon
• 1/2 cup dry white wine or dry white vermouth
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 3 tablespoons cognac
• Rounds of hard-toasted French bread (see following recipe)
• 1 to 2 cups grated Swiss or Parmesan cheese (Deb note: I always use cave-aged gruyere)
• The preceeding onion soup
• A fireproof tureen or casserole or individual onion soup pots
• 2 ounces Swiss cheese cut into very thin slivers
• 1 tablespoon grated raw onion
• 12 to 16 rounds of hard toasted French bread
• 1/2 cups grated Swiss, or Swiss and Parmesan cheese
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Champagne vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 very small clove minced fresh garlic or 1 tablespoon minced shallot
• 1 egg yolk, at room temperature (Just omit it if it freaks you out)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 cup good olive oil

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

Counts 18 of 23 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 18 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Beef	100g cooked	250
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Gruyere Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Swiss Cheese	1 oz (28g)	108
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Vermouth	not in our table	0
Cognac	not in our table	0
Soup	not in our table	0
Champagne	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.