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February 6, 2006
Onion soup and leaving on a jet plane
Nothing to do with onions
So my soup of the month is something we had at the weekend: Onion soup with croutons and blue cheese.
Serves 4
1 lb onions, finely sliced into rings
1 clove of garlic, chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp plain flour
1 1/2 pints of vegetable stock
2 tbsp of Sherry
1 tsp english mustard powder
salt and pepper.
4 slices of good, thick toast.
Blue cheese of your choosing. Or brie. Or something cheesy, at least.
Sweat the onion and garlic in the oil for at least 20 minutes, until soft and golden. Do not allow to catch and burn. Stir in the flour and cook for another 5 minutes. Add the stock, sherry and mustard powder and simmer for 30 minutes on a low heat. Season and pour into serving bowls.
Toast your bread, then tear into chunks on top of the soup. Cover in crumbled cheese of your choice and place under a hot grill for a few minutes until the cheese has melted.
N.B. blue cheese works fine- if you want cheese but no bread, then brie is fantastic cut up into lumps and thrown straight into the hot soup. It's like finding a treasure when you come across a lump.
Posted by scumkitten at February 6, 2006 10:53 AM
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