French, French Onion Soup

[mitt]

*Have at least 3 hours for this*

Key - Start with a Le creusete (or something very similar) Dutch Oven:



Slice up at least 6 yellow onions end to end.

Put a liberal coat of non-stick spray in pot.  Put 3 tbl spns of butter in bottom of pot, then add onions on top and a pinch of salt:

[mitt]

Preheat oven to 400F, and put pot in covered for 1 hour (make sure lid & knob can stand 400F!)

Carefully remove pot, and stir onions, scraping sides and bottom of pot well with wooden spoon.

[mitt]

Put back into over for another hour, with the lid slide slightly cracked.

Carefully remove, and stir / scrape sides bottom again:



Put back into over for another 15 minutes or so until onions are brown and very soft.

[mitt]

Carefully remove put, and put on stove top over medium heat.  Keep a close eye on it, and stir / scrape pot about every 5 to 10 minutes - do not let burn.



Do this until most of onion liquid is gone.  


When it seems like liquid is evaporated, then add 1/4 cup water, and then stir, scrape, and let evaporate again for about 5 minutes.  Repeat this 2 or 3 more times until onions are very dark brown.

[teddy037.2]

AB does this on an electric skillet 


I also find that deglazing with stuff other than water adds a tasty layer of flavor


I DO *heart* a good french onion soup, no matter what, though

[Oldfisti]

 

[mitt]

add 1/2 cup of sherry (I use white wine), then stir / scrape and let alcohol evaporate, about 5 more minutes.




Add 4 cups of chicken broth, 2 cups of beef broth, and 2 cups of water.  Stir / scape again.

Add 1 bay leaf, a pinch of thyme, & a pinch of salt.

Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover, and let simmer for 20 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Add salt and black pepper to taste.




That is the soup, the toast and gruyere cheese pics will either come later, or you are on your own, depending how much of the white wine I have before dinner.

[DesmoDiva]

*snip....but on stove top over medium heat. 

My butt aint getting anywhere near a stove top.    


Looks yummy so far.  

[mitt]

My butt aint getting anywhere near a stove top.    


Looks yummy so far.  

I have been cooking ( )



mitt

[teddy037.2]

My butt aint getting anywhere near a stove top.    

I thought all women-folk knew how to cook?




wait.




that must be why god invented me. 

[DesmoDiva]

Oh, I'm the resident chef....

But I'm not putting my butt on a stove... 

[teddy037.2]

ah, I see that you are using booze to cook.  all is well, then 

I've just figured on lower stove-top heat, more butter until it pretty much completely carmelizes, then white wine (+remy martin, YUM!)

and then the stock.

Oh, I'm the resident chef....

But I'm not putting my butt on a stove... 

nice save 

[No_Normale]

This happened in my house today too!
Funny, it wasn't the wife that did this but rather my Yellow 749 riding sweetie... The wife got to grade papers





And these were for lunch... another Duc rider made these! 100% Yum!

[robertbell]

And for those who are interested, I got my variation from the Cooks Illustrated version (which is pretty much similar to the one listed here). The issue is Jan. 2008 one. Oh, and my bike is a 748 ... :-) Pretty funny that we both did it on the same day!! Great minds ... :-D

[JEFF_H]

i did one a couple weekends ago.
9 hours in the crock pot....
yours looks better...my onions didnt carmelize as much