This is an easy, tasty recipe for homemade French onion soup. With this simple recipe, you will receive many compliments.
Ingredients
- butter: 4 Tbsp
- onion: 1 piece (sliced)
- thyme: 0.5 tsp (dried)
- beef consomme: 5 cans (10.5 ounce cans)
- bay leaves: 6 piece
- white wine: 0.5 cup (optional)
- (1/2-inch-thick slices) French baguette: 8 piece
- mozzarella cheese: 2 cups (shredded)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
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Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté for 5 to 10 minutes, or until tender. Stir in thyme, then remove from the heat.
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In a large pot over high heat, combine the consommé, bay leaves, and white wine. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, stir in the sautéed onions, and cook until heated through, 10 to 15 minutes.
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Ladle soup into four individual oven-safe bowls, filling each about 3/4 full. Top each bowl with two baguette slices and cover with mozzarella.
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Bake in the preheated oven until mozzarella is melted and bubbly, 10 to 15 minutes.
