Light French Onion Soup
The recipe Light French Onion Soup could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in around 1 hour and 5 minutes. One portion of this dish contains roughly 17g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 293 calories. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a rather cheap main course for Autumn. Head to the store and pick up olive oil, kosher salt, chicken stock, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the dry sherry you could follow this main course with the Bread and Butter Pudding as a dessert.
Instructions
Heat butter and olive oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat.
Add onions and salt. Cover; cook 5 minutes. Uncover; add sugar. Cook, stirring frequently, 25 minutes or until onions are golden.
Add flour, and reduce heat to medium-low; cook 12 minutes.
Add sherry, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Cook 12 minutes or until slightly reduced.
Add stock and pepper. Boil; reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, 10 minutes.
Place bread slices on a baking sheet; bake 7 minutes per side or until golden.
Heat broiler. Ladle soup into ovenproof bowls. Top with 12 bread slices and 2 slices Gruyre. Broil 12 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.