Five years ago I brought a classic recipe for onion soup from Paris.

5 years ago I was lucky to visit Paris for the first time. After visiting the Louvre and walking through the Tuileries Garden, I went to a cozy French cafe called La Rotonde des Tuileries, where I managed to taste a truly perfect taste. classic soup. From the touch of a spoon, the cheese crust on the plate cracked, and I felt an incredibly appetizing either cheese or spicy aroma.

To say that it was delicious, there is nothing to say. I have never tasted anything more delicious! For the past 5 years, I have been looking for this amazing taste.

Today's edition. "Site" Share the preparation instructions French onion soup From a chef who works in Europe. In order not to cry during cooking, I send the cleaned onion head to the freezer for 5 minutes!



Classic onion soup ingredients

• 500-600g onions
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 30g butter
• 1-1.5 tsp flour
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1l broth
• 1 twig of thyme
• salt, pepper to taste
• 1 tooth. Garlic
• 70g gruyere cheese or emmental
• baguette

Preparation

1. Onions in the soup goes a lot, so it is worth knowing life hacks that will facilitate slicing.
   First, you need to take a sharp knife, and keep the onion itself in the refrigerator before cutting. You can also treat the knife blade with lemon juice. Secondly, it is necessary to periodically wet the knife in water. In order not to cry when cutting onions, you need to try to press your tongue against the sky. It is also said to help chew gum or bread while cutting.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Clean and cut the onions with semi-rings, then roast it in a frying pan with vegetable and butter, stirring constantly. First roast the onions on a strong fire, and then gradually lower the fire to medium. Sprinkle the onions. The whole process takes about 30 minutes.
   
   
   
   
3. Add flour to the onions, you can also pour a white strong drink, which is stored in oak barrels or bottles. You need about 50 milliliters, but you can do without this stage. Roast the flour with onions for 5 minutes. Add a twig of thyme. 1435-1949
   
   
   
   
4. Prepare the broth in advance. In the classic recipe of onion soup, meat broth is used, but you can also take vegetable. In the finished broth pour onions with flour. You can also add Dijon mustard to the soup. Cook for about 10 minutes.
   
   
   
   
5. Prepare the cereals in advance. Baguette or any other bread cut into pieces, rub garlic, sprinkle with grated cheese and send for 3-4 minutes into the oven.
   
   
   
   
6. The soup is poured portionly into heat-resistant plates, in the middle lay out the toast and rub the top of the soup with cheese. Cheese can be taken by anyone. Send plates of soup into the oven for a couple of minutes before the cheese crust forms.
   
   
   
   
7. That's all, French onion soup is ready. Bon appetit! Many French eat this soup mainly as a snack before the main course.
   
   
   
   

And to get more detailed with the recipe, watch the video with cook-channel Chef Ilya R. On the Ilya channel you can learn a lot about French, Spanish, Italian and Asian cuisine. A real storehouse of knowledge in the field of appetizing dishes!

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Onions, at first glance, a very simple and unassuming vegetable, but this is only at first glance. In fact, it can become the basis of many delicious dishes. By the way, in childhood, during perestroika, when money was not enough, my mother cooked me onion pancakes. So they tasted exactly like chops. This classic onion-soup It is also quite budgetary in terms of ingredients (not counting gruyere cheese, but it can be replaced with a simpler cheese), and at the same time it is amazingly tasty and hearty.

I highly recommend trying to prepare it. And Chef Ilya for the recipe thank you very much!

I would be very grateful if you would share your proven ways not to cry when you do. bow-cutting!