French Onion Soup
The Keg French Onion Soup
The Keg is a restaurant known for its delicious French onion soup. This mixture of a hearty beef broth, Spanish onions, and a mixture of Parmesan and Swiss cheeses is a warming snack and one, which is easy to recreate at home.
Spanish onions have a delicious taste and the red wine, bay leaves and sherry really complement the flavor. You can use cognac or whisky if you want to. Any of these flavors does justice to the French onion soup so use whatever you happen to have in the house and do not be shy about mixing two different spirits in this French onion soup. Their flavors will not clash.
The Keg French onion soup is topped with Swiss cheese and parmesan for a delicious flavor and this is quite an easy French onion soup recipe so if you are new to cooking you should not have any problems with it.
French Onion Soup Like at The Keg Restaurant
Ingredients -
2 ½ lbs Spanish onions, sliced
2 bay leaves
¼ lb unsalted butter
1 tablespoons salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 ½ cups red wine
1 cup sherry or ½ cup sherry and ½ cup whisky or cognac
8 cups beef broth
6 slices Swiss cheese
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
6 slices baguette bread
Preparation:
Sauté the onions and bay leaves in the butter over a medium high heat in a Dutch oven type pot for about half an hour, stirring now and then.
When the onions are golden brown, deglaze the pan with the sherry and simmer the mixture for 5 minutes.
Add the wine and let it simmer uncovered for 15 minutes.
Add the broth and season to taste.
Bring the onion soup to a boil, and then simmer it uncovered for 20 minutes.
Take out the bay leaves, add more salt, and pepper if necessary
.Ladle the soup into ramekins and put a slice of bread on top of each one.
Put a slice of cheese on top and sprinkle some Parmesan over that.
Broil until the cheese is browned and melted.
(Serves 6)
Why Ancient Egyptians Worshipped Onions
We might delight in delicious modern recipes like The Keg French onion soup but onions were worshipped by ancient Egyptians because of their concentric rings and spherical shape. Egyptian artists painted onions in gold on their wall paintings and they considered them one of the most important foods. With recipes like The Keg French onion soup and traditional French onion soup, this wonderful vegetable is still incredibly popular and a favorite in modern recipes.
Why Onions Make You Cry
The Keg French onion soup might be good enough to bring a tear to your eye, but why does cutting onions make you cry? Cutting into an onion cuts its cellular network, releasing sulfur-based compounds. Breathing in the released sulfuric acid triggers the tear response. Chill onions for half an hour before cutting into them, or wear a pair of contact lenses or goggles to stop yourself from tearing up.
How to Store Onions
Whether you want to make an easy French onion soup recipe, a copycat soup like The Keg French onion soup, or another variety, it is best to use fresh, glossy onions. Store them in a cool, dark place but not the refrigerator. Unused onion portions should be refrigerated, but wrap them in plastic first, else everything in the refrigerator will take on their smell and flavor. The sooner you use your onions, the better they taste.