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posted November 26, 2023 07:05 PM
Nothing goes with manicotti quite like homemade French Onion Soup. Big Grin

This is the second time I’ve made it this year and I’m improving at it. The broth is a hell of a lot better this time. This was a damn good batch!













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Wow. Looks great! Gruyère? What brand do you like? I’m not sure what to buy.

I make onion soup a few times a year. Do you put alcohol in? If so, what type. I’m mixed on adding alcohol for now.

French onion was my favorite growing up. They were served in these brown-tan bowl-ish kettle-ish mini-crocks made of ceramic. Man, memories.




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Nice, last time I had onion soup must of been 40 yrs ago.
 
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posted November 26, 2023 07:19 PMHide Post
I'm gonna have to try that! I love it!




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Wow. Looks great! Gruyère? What brand do you like? I’m not sure what to buy.

I make onion soup a few times a year. Do you put alcohol in? If so, what type. I’m mixed on adding alcohol for now.

French onion was my favorite growing up. They were served in these brown-tan bowl-ish kettle-ish mini-crocks made of ceramic. Man, memories.



Nope no alcohol. I’m using provolone cheese (lots of it) about 3 slices per bowl. I tried it with Gruyère and honestly it wasn’t any better. I prefer to make it with provolone. I suppose maybe it’s an Italian onion soup. Wink

I reduced the hell out of the broth and added in a considerable amount of dried thyme, oregano , salt and pepper along with an Italian seasoning blend.

It’s a fairly easy recipe that really only requires some bread, two onions, beef stock and lots of cheese.


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Ok. I’ll try provolone next time. I’m still experimenting.




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Its all about the cheese. And for me the answer is a 50/50 mix of Swiss and Gruyere. Absolutely Perfect. I can't imagine provolone but OK.


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It will take my 9 hours to drive down, but I am getting the car warmed up. Big Grin
 
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That looks amazing!
 
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Better be sharing that recipe with us, stickman!

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There was a place in Quakertown, called "Bubba's Pot Belly" that was known to have very good French onion soup. Place burned down recently. Served in a brown stoneware crock. I don't recall if the crock had the funny stubby round handle or not.

I would love to have that recipe. Good memories of a great soup.

IIRC, Alton Brown did an episode on that soup for his "Good Eats" show. About 1998 or so?
 
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Yes recipe please. Would love to give that a go. It looks delicious!
 
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FOS is a cold weather favorite at the Casa Kablammo. Preparation time can be lengthy sweating and sweetening the onions. I do not use sugar and do add cognac or brandy. Sometimes I even put the cognac or brandy in the the soup! Quality stock is a necessity.

The Spanish cousin soup, Supa de Ajo aka Supa de Castiliano is just as worthy. Please check it out. I usually serve the garlic soup with grated Manchego cheese.


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French Onion Soup has been one of my favorires since I was a kid. My mom use to make it. Would love to try and make it myself- please post the recipe-
 
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posted November 27, 2023 07:00 AMHide Post
Love this, and plan on making some this week! Recipe we use is a tiny bit involved but reducing the onions down completely then building back up the base and broth is worth it!

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I was close, but wrong...it was season 1 episode 9 (1999)
Alton Brown, Good Eats, "A Bowl of Onion".
 
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I once made a beef pot roast on the stove top. Seasoned beef on top of onions. The resulting small amount of broth tasted a lot like the soup from the Bubba's I mentioned earlier.
 
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damn, that does look good!!
 
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I love this soup; however, about 8-12 hours later, it doesn't love me. Frown Eek


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