Recipe: French Onion Soup without Tears

FRENCH ONION SOUP WITHOUT TEARS
Source: Darice

Although I agree that the best French Onion soup takes painstaking preparation, I do a shortcut which my family loves.

First start with really good sweet onions, and saute them slowly, allowing them to caramelize (can take up to one hour). I add white wine after the onions are sauteed and this seems to help the sugar level for caramelizing.

I put the onion into a broiler-proof dish, add a good quality canned (bottled) stock, Williams-Sonoma has good chicken and beef stocks, top with thickly cut bread (slightly toasted) and good Swiss cheese (grated).Put under broiler until cheese melts, and bread gets brown.

Not Julia's, but works for a quick (after onions are done) meal. I do onions first and have refrigerated them until needed.

I do white onions with white wine and chicken stock, and have done a non-traditional red onion/red wine version with beef stock.