Julia's Excellent French Onion Soup

Name: Julia's Excellent French Onion Soup
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, French, European
Ingredients: 227 grams bacon; 2 liters beef stock; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 4 slices toasted French bread; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh thyme; 1 Tbsp ground black pepper; 4 slices Gruyere cheese; 1 kilograms chopped onion; 1 Tbsp salt; 59 milliliters cooking sherry; 227 grams sweet onions

You can never have too many Mediterranean recipes, so give Julia's Excellent French Onion Soup a try. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 775 calories, 36g of protein, and 34g of fat. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a pricey main course. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up bacon, ground pepper, salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

In a large skillet over medium high heat, fry the bacon for 15 minutes, or until crisp.

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Transfer bacon to paper towels but leave the grease in the skillet.

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Reduce heat to medium, add the onions and saute in the bacon grease for about 15 minutes, or until translucent and tender. Stir in the wine and the thyme and simmer for 5 more minutes.

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Add the salt and ground black pepper.

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Preheat oven to broil.

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Then pour in the beef stock, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for about 30 minutes. Crumble the bacon, reserve 4 tablespoons and add the rest to the soup.

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Place 1 tablespoon of sherry into each of 4 individual oven-safe bowls.

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Lay a slice of bread into each bowl, then ladle the soup into each bowl. Top with the cheese and sprinkle with the remaining bacon.

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Place in the oven and broil for about 3 to 5 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly. (Note: Be careful when removing the bowls as they will be hot.)

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