French Onion Soup
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Baked French Onion Beef Broth Soup with White Wine
Red wine is traditionally used with hearty beef based sauces and it is a common ingredient in French onion soup. However, in the following beef broth soup recipe, dry white wine is called for instead. Wine adds a depth of flavor, no matter whether you use red or white, and the white wine blends well into the beefy flavor of the dish.
The croutons in this onion soup recipe are baked on both sides and then added to the serving bowls before the soup. The portions of cheese in this French onion soup recipe are very generous and you should cover the whole top of the soup with Gruyere, to get a lovely, thick cheese crust on top of the soup.
You can broil French onion soup cheese instead of baking it but, since the oven is on to make the toast, you can use it for finishing off the French onion soup. The following recipe is an easy French onion soup, which is great as a filling lunch or as a delicious, warming supper.
Traditional Beef Broth French Onion Soup
Ingredients -
1 tablespoon olive oil
6 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon sugar
3 lbs yellow onions, thinly sliced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
2 cups dry white wine
8 cups beef broth
1 tablespoon flour
1 baguette
1 lb Gruyere cheese, shredded
Preparation:
Heat half the butter with the oil in a big, heavy pot over a medium low heat.
Add the onions, then cover the pot and cook them for about 20 minutes, until they are translucent and soft. Stir them now and then. Turn the heat up to medium high, uncover the pot, and add the sugar and a little salt.
Sauté, stirring frequently, until the onions are deep brown and very soft.
Turn the heat down to medium, add the flour, and cook for a couple of minutes, stirring all the time. Add 2 cups of beef broth and stir, then add the rest of the beef broth and the white wine. Check the seasoning and simmer the French onion soup for 30 minute.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and slice the bread into 8 slices.
Use the remaining butter to butter both sides of the bread and toast it in the oven until it is golden brown on both sides.
Put a slice of toast in each soup bowl and pour the French onion soup over the top.
Spread plenty of Gruyere on top, then set the bowls in baking pans and bake them in the oven until the cheese is golden brown.
(Serves 8)
Using Wine in Beef Broth Soup Recipes
Soups like French onion soup are made with a hearty, rich beef broth. This is partly because it is a traditional recipe and has always been made like that and partly because beef broth tastes divine in French onion soup and goes so well with the other ingredients. Some beef broth soup recipes also contain wine. Red wine is used more often with beef than white wine, because it is bolder, but white wine can go nicely with beef flavors too. Wine adds depth to a recipe and brings out the other flavors.
The Best Beef Broth Soup Recipes
Beef broth can be used to make beef soups, containing chunks of vegetables and strips of beef, or it can be used to make traditional onion soup recipes like French onion soup. French onion soup has to be the best way to use beef broth and this classic dish has stood the test of time, remaining one of the most recognizable dishes all over the world. The best beef broth soup is French onion soup because this simple recipe, which combines, beef broth soup, onions, bread and cheese, is a perfectly delicious meal and cannot be improved upon.
Other Types of Beef Broth Soup
Asian soup recipes tend to differ a lot from what we eat in the west, but they still use a lot of the same ingredients. We might have chunks of carrot in thick, rich, western style soups whereas an Asian soup might have matchstick cut carrot or shaved carrot. We might have a thick, cream soup base whereas an Asian soup might have a delicate and lightly spiced consommé. Beef broth, however, is just as popular in Asian soup recipes as in western ones because it is just as great with oriental vegetables and noodles as with potatoes, onions and other ingredients that we all love.