French Onion Soup

Wanted to use my wife’s two day old stecca for the bread, but she refused and picked up a fresh baguette from Cobs instead. 

Started by slicing the 12 onions along with a few bay leaves and a healthy dose of fresh garlic with some kosher salt. 

Poured a few teaspoons of flour onto the onions, then some dry white wine before adding beef broth and lots of black pepper. 

Boiling and reducing. 

Sliced the baguette, topped with EVOO and then broiled both sides until crisp. 

Bread and soup awaiting the cheese. 

Before the broil. Didn’t have the traditional Gruyère on hand, so improvised/bastardized with some raclette cheese and fresh Parmesan. 

After the broil. Junior’s bowl, then mine. Didn’t have any appropriate garnishes on hand, but would have liked some parsley. 

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. Even the kids genuinely appreciated this meal and both said as much. My wife and I both also really liked it - as she would say, definitely a “make again”. A really great example of less is more - how far you can develop incredible depth of flavour using only few, simple ingredients. 

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