French onion soup 🇫🇷🧅🥣

French Onion Soup

Ingredients

- 2kg brown onions, thinly sliced
- 50ml olive oil
- 100g (3.5oz) unsalted butter
- Salt
- 2 bay leaves
- 100ml brandy
- 2 tbsp flour
- 6 dashes Worcestershire sauce
- 4 dashes Maggi seasoning
- 1L (1 quart) beef stock
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- 1 baguette, thinly sliced
- 150g (5.3oz) Gruyère cheese, grated

Method

1. To a large pot over medium-high heat, add the butter and oil. When the butter is melted, add the sliced onions with a big pinch of salt.
2. Stir well and turn the heat to medium-low. Cook the onions slowly for 1.5 hours, stirring every 5-10 minutes. (You can do this faster at a higher heat, but you will need to stir more frequently.)
3. Once the onions are caramelised and have a good dark colour, add the bay leaves, then the brandy, and allow the alcohol to burn off.
4. Next, add the flour and stir.
5. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
6. Add the Worcestershire sauce and Maggi seasoning, followed by the beef stock and rosemary. Stir and simmer for 20 minutes.
7. Toast the sliced bread on both sides for 4-5 minutes each side.
8. Ladle the soup into your serving bowls, then add 2-3 croutons to the top, followed by the grated cheese.
9. Place under the grill of your oven until the cheese is golden brown and bubbly.

[MedicFromTF_REAL]

I can imagine a poor french onion farmer who had only onions and some stale bread, made this and was blown away at how good it was

[_korbo_]

Ahh, that feel when you cut 7846 onions and fill your pot to the top to get... a small bowl's amount of caramelized onions haha. A classic.

[arrunsandhu]

That transition of the onions caramelising was smooth af

[kargalnoz]

I'm French and I just.... Na... Cannot even complain. Well done Monsieur, well done.

[janwheeler]

I make it quite often for my husband and myself, the secret is PATIENCE...to get a good carmelization on those onions is key. I use a combo of brown onions and sweet onions. Best soup ever!

[SpAzDrAgOn]

That edit of filling the pan with bread while you stay in real time, incredibly well done. You or your editor deserve an award.

[yhavin]

Thank you for being honest about how long it takes to caramelise (1.5 hours). So many recipes online say 30-45 which is just straight up wrong.

[Zzinged]

That was some top notch editing when laying the bread out on the pan!

[fatimacorrea]

'Soupe à l'oignon y croûtons" my childhood souvenir 👍🏽✌🏽🇨🇵🇸🇳🙏🏽❤️

[hectorpuello]

The amount of times he reduced the onions, I have no doubt in my tiny mind that it's just stupendously packed with (uncle rogger's voice) FLAVOR!!!

[MichaelDavidWiller]

I'm a big fan of your editing trick of plating something at normal speed but the dish itself fills up rapidly via jumpcut. Really cool effect!

[SolutionEpsilon]

Normally i despise fast paced editing in cooking videos bc they trade clarity for style and flair, but this was just done so well, you can actually follow what's going on and the editing is skillful and beautiful, well done

[Iluvpie]

French onion soup is my go to whenever I feel miserable. Something about the smell of it is just so comforting it makes my knees weak.

[Finicheti]

The editing here is so good. Especially the sizzle moving smoothly down in pitch while the onions are being added and the shot of the pan filling up with bread while you stayed in real time

[justAPlaceholderName]

I believe this is _waaay_ better than back in the day.
A) clean water. B) time to let caramilise instead of passing from syphillis C) Survinving the wait for "superb food" as oppossed to "lasting grub" without croaking.
I love Andy. I just don't think how blessed the current times are.

[rustygaming]

10% cooking 90% editing what a great clip

[jeannine]

It never goes out of style - a classic! Great video!

[thechaubenny]

That looks delicious! Thank you for sharing. 😊

[goa]

Nothing better than a freshly made onion soup at the end of a wedding party... 4, 5 AM is the best moment.
I miss my country at times 😊

[mmsumi]

Yes, I love French onion soup too ❤
And good editing !