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Onion Soup, Vegetarian, Soups with SS begins

June 4, 2014 by 33 Comments

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I have loved French onion soup for the longest time. Hardly did I know earlier that it is made with beef broth and sherry is another important ingredient. I used to order and just devour the whole bowl. Later when I thought of cooking it myself, realized that it is far from vegetarian. But no harm done. I am a vegetarian by choice with a survivor instinct. I don’t harp on past either.

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So in the light of my co-hosted event Soups with SS, I took out my Kitchen Equipments, read through some vegetarian onion soup recipes online and came up with mine. It is simplyvegetarian777 signature Onion Soup ;). And one heck of a soup.

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It was actually a perfect day to enjoy soup. It’s been raining and thundering since morning. Soup always is comforting during the times like this. Cheesy, salty and oh so delish! One small bowl and I was full. It’s a complete meal since it is topped with French baguette and then some cheese.

Are you ready for the recipe? Let’s rock it then :).

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Onion Soup, vegetarian and alcohol free

  • Servings: 2-3
  • Time: 40-45 minutes
  • Difficulty: easy
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Kitchen Equipments Required : heavy bottom pan, spatula, chopping board, knife and grater, baking tray, 2 oven safe bowls or ramekins.

Ingredients :

Onions, preferably white : 2 big or 2&1/2 cups, halved and sliced very thin .

Garlic : 1 tsp, minced fine

Butter : 1 tbsp

Sugar : 1/2 tsp, optional. I add it since it caramelized onions beautifully.

Bay leaf, dried : 1

Thyme : 3-4 sprigs fresh or 1/4 tsp dried.

Distilled vinegar : 1 tbsp

Cornflour or APF : 1&1/2 tbsp

Salt and black pepper : to taste

Water : 4 cups

French baguette sliced or cut into croutons size for better eating.

Gruyere cheese or any melting salty cheese.

Method :

1. Take the heavy bottom pan and add butter to it. As the butter melts, add garlic and sauté for few seconds. Now add sugar, bay leaf, thyme and onions to the pan along with Distilled vinegar.

2. Cook it once flame for almost 18-20 minutes till the onions are soft and browned well. Stir often and keep scraping the bottom of the pan. You want the beautiful caramel color of the onions and not the burnt flavor.

3. Once the onions are browned well, add Cornflour and mix well. Cook for few seconds on low flame.

4. Add water, salt and black pepper. Stir well. Keep salt a little low since onions are already high in sodium and also the soup is topped with salty cheese later on. Cook on medium for another 10-15minutes till it thickens a bit and then switch off the gas stove. Remove the bay leaf at this point if you want.

5. Now take a baking tray. Place the bowls on the baking tray. Ladle the soup in the bowls till the top. Place te French baguette slices or (unbaked) croutons. Cover the top of the bread with shredded cheese.

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6. Now broil or grill in the oven till the cheese starts bubbling up and turns slightly brown. Keep an eye while broiling. Remove it, once done.

6. Serve it hot. Be careful as not to burn your mouth. The soup is extremely hot along with cheese.

Do let me know if you try it :). Looking forward to many more soup recipes.

Linking it to simplyvegetarian777 announcement and Cooking with SJ announcement for the Soups with SS event !

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Comments

  1. Deena Kakaya

    July 29, 2014 at 10:52 am

    Oh Sonal, I’m in a lecture theatre and seeing this recipe and swooning. I need your soup and a blanket. Have to say, it looks thoroughly professional and one that I could get slurpy with x

    Reply
  2. Chitra Dinesh

    June 9, 2014 at 7:49 am

    Looks delicious and yummy!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 9, 2014 at 11:26 am

      Thanks Chitra 🙂

      Reply
  3. Patty Nguyen

    June 9, 2014 at 1:33 am

    Wowsers! Your soup looks so rich and flavorful! The cheesy croutons on top look killer.

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 9, 2014 at 11:28 am

      It was very comforting :).

      Reply
  4. Eat,live,burp

    June 6, 2014 at 6:43 pm

    those pictures are delish!!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 6, 2014 at 7:16 pm

      🙂

      Reply
  5. Deena Kakaya

    June 6, 2014 at 5:23 pm

    Sonal this looks like seriously nourishing luxury, I love your pic too. I will two bowls of the French onion soup and then a good snooze x

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 6, 2014 at 10:31 pm

      That was quite a filling bowl, Deena! Do post some of your gorgeous soups if you get time :).
      Sonal

      Reply
  6. coconutcraze

    June 6, 2014 at 9:39 am

    Love the photos…I can sniff the lovely aroma just looking at the screen. You are tempting me to immediately indulge in some onion soup right away! Yum!!!

    Reply
  7. Pragya

    June 6, 2014 at 4:34 am

    As always…!!! Nice Presentation, nice write up and obviously, a healthy cozy soup….Bookmarked..:)

    Reply
  8. Laura @ the gluten-free treadmill

    June 5, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    This is so delicious! I’m definitely going to have to whip up a version myself!

    Reply
  9. acasadisimi

    June 5, 2014 at 11:56 am

    gorgeous!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 5, 2014 at 3:05 pm

      Thanks Simi!

      Reply
  10. Jackie Saulmon Ramirez

    June 5, 2014 at 11:19 am

    I would kill for a nice big bowl of onion soup right about now!

    Reply
  11. Nancy

    June 5, 2014 at 10:02 am

    Looks fabulous, Sonal…love the ooey, gooey cheese! Yummy. 😛

    Reply
  12. Elaine @ foodbod

    June 5, 2014 at 9:21 am

    Oh wow! I haven’t eaten French onion soup for so long, that looks amazing xx

    Reply
  13. lapetitepaniere

    June 5, 2014 at 6:45 am

    Sonal, your remind me my childhood in Paris, my mother prepared this soup in the winter time, yummy. Your soup looks so appetizing 🙂

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 5, 2014 at 3:06 pm

      Thanks my dear 🙂

      Reply
  14. acasadisimi

    June 5, 2014 at 3:30 am

    so good!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 5, 2014 at 3:07 pm

      🙂

      Reply
  15. Shobha

    June 5, 2014 at 3:18 am

    I have been wanting to try this out since a long time .. yummy and filling soup.

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 5, 2014 at 3:07 pm

      Do let me know if you try Shobha ji.

      Reply
  16. Shruti

    June 5, 2014 at 1:38 am

    What a beautiful start of the event, Sonal!!! 🙂 I’m so much willing to try out this soup…

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 5, 2014 at 3:07 pm

      Shruti, muaah!

      Reply
  17. sherayx

    June 5, 2014 at 12:00 am

    Reblogged this on SherayxWeblog.

    Reply
  18. www.ginabriganti.com

    June 4, 2014 at 11:56 pm

    French onion is one of my favorites. You recipe looks delicious.

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      June 5, 2014 at 3:08 pm

      Thanks Gina!

      Reply
      • www.ginabriganti.com

        June 5, 2014 at 9:44 pm

        🙂

        Reply
  19. The Taste of the World

    June 4, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    Sonal, this soup looks lovely. I have never had onion soup before. Will try it…

    Reply
  20. Chitra Jagadish

    June 4, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    Yummy recipe and mouth watering…

    Reply
  21. Jueseppi B.

    June 4, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    Reblogged this on The ObamaCrat™.

    Reply
  22. Lori

    June 4, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    I love French onion soup! Yum! Great job on this!

    Reply

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