Friday 29 May 2009

French Onion Soup

Its amazing how great a homemade onion soup is, its easy to make and delicious.
We tend to forget about onion as a feature in a meal we generally add onion to something else.
Try this for a tasty starter.

3 White onions sliced thinly
60gms butter
5 cups of chicken stock or water with 3 chicken stockcubes
salt /pepper
1/2 cup dry white wine (optional)

Fry the thinly sliced onions in butter till golden brown
Add the stock,S/P and simmer for 30 minutes add Wine.
Serve in a bowl place crusty bread and grated cheese on top of soup and grill till cheese melts.