Shelly's French Onion Soup Traditional Cache
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Shelly's French Onion Soup
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3/28/2011
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Ingredients
1/2 cup unsalted butter
4 onions, sliced
2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 bay leaves
2 fresh thyme sprigs
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 cup red wine, about 1/2 bottle
3 heaping tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 quarts beef broth
1 baguette, sliced
1/2 pound grated Gruyere
Directions
Melt the stick of butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the
onions, garlic, bay leaves, thyme, and salt and pepper and cook
until the onions are very soft and caramelized, about 25 minutes.
Add the wine, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until the
wine has evaporated and the onions are dry, about 5 minutes.
Discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Dust the onions with the
flour and give them a stir. Turn the heat down to medium low so the
flour doesn't burn, and cook for 10 minutes to cook out the raw
flour taste. Now add the beef broth, bring the soup back to a
simmer, and cook for 10 minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and
pepper.
When you're ready to eat, preheat the broiler. Arrange the baguette
slices on a baking sheet in a single layer. Sprinkle the slices
with the Gruyere and broil until bubbly and golden brown, 3 to 5
minutes.
Ladle the soup in bowls and float several of the Gruyere croutons
on top. Alternative method: Ladle the soup into bowls, top each
with 2 slices of bread and top with cheese. Put the bowls into the
oven to toast the bread and melt the cheese.
This cache was inspired from the "Soup for Lunch" series by Stellar
Jr. They were designed to get you out of the office at lunchtime so
you can take a nice walk through the woods and find a geocache.
BYOP.
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