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LoveBirds

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I am making French onion soup and was wondering if anyone else has ever made it. I'm using two recipes. One for the meat to cook in and a separate soup for the dip with provolone and Swiss. Any pointers?
 
Yes, and french onion soup is one of my favorites.

I have never heard of a french onion soup with meat. So my recipes wouldn't help. The gist of mine

Cook 10 to 20 onions in butter/oil combo until they are translucent
Add sugar and salt to caramelize them
Create what is essentially a reux using 1 cup beef stock and flour added to the onions. (add flour first to coat them, cook for a few minutes then stir in WARM stock)
Add 1 bottle of low quality red wine (the flavour is strong enough to stick)
Add bay leaf
Let simmer and reduce

I only love gruyere for the cheese, hard to beat since this particular soup is very strong flavoured and you need the power cheese to match.

Not really a fan of adding anything else, but I do have friends that basically make a beef soup with lots of onions.

Unless I am reading that wrong and you intend to pull the meat out essentially making the stock first, then making the soup with the remove meat?
 
I'll ask bassman when he gets off work. He's a chef.
 
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