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Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2009
Yum!!!! I have never had french onion soup before, but I wanted to try making some, and this recipe was just wonderful. Even my onion hating husband made "yummy noises" while eating it and requested I make it again. :) I used swiss cheese for the top and homemade french bread from this site, and I also added about a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce to the broth before adding to the onions. I cooked the onions longer than 10 minutes (more like 30) to give them color, and it really hit the spot on a cold winter night!
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Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2009
This was a really easy recipe. I am a vegetarian, so I used vegetable broth instead of beef broth. Even the carnivores liked it!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.47 star rating.
Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2008
I love this recipe! It is a great starter for french onion soup lovers everywhere. I would say though that the secret to an amazing pot of soup everytime is always slow cooking. I cooked my onions on low for about an hour and then simmered the soup for a about two more and there is no lack of flavor there at all. It's always great to put your own spin on a simply great recipe. I also added a dash of Worcestershire sauce for flavor and I used homemade Elderberry wine in place of the white, YUM! I also subbed Tony Chacherie's White Gravy mix for the flour. You can never go wrong changing up the little bits here and there and making a recipe to own tastes, especially one with such great bones as this one.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.47 star rating.
Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2008
Delicious!
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Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2008
Simply yummy, to save on fat I used skin milk cheese and 99% fat free broth, my housemate who doesn't like onion soup had 2 servings!
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Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2008
This recipe is awesome!
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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2008
Great recipe! Très bonne recette du Québec! I made the following modifications: - caramelized the onions for 30 min., really a must for French onion soup! - used home made beef broth - used fresh parsley instead of dried - substituted 1/2 cup of port for the white wine - toasted the bread beforehand - substituted a gruyère / emmenthal blend for the mozzarella It was great!
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Reviewed: Nov. 18, 2008
My family and I really didn't like this soup at all. We've had it from many fine dinning restraunts, and from many different people and this recipe is not very good at all to our standards.
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Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2008
it's crazy how good this soup is. AND...somehow it is actually better the next day.
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Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2008
A very easy recipe yielding a very tasty soup. This was my first time cooking french onion soup and it was a snap. The soup came out very tasty. I substituted a 1/2 cup of red cooking wine for the recommended 1 cup of white wine and my wife and I really enjoyed it.
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Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2008
This was very good. I added garlic to the recipe.
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Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2008
My onion-hating husband and son both enjoyed this soup. I LOVED it! Sauted onions until carmelized (sp?) and omitted wine as I did not have any on hand. Next time will use wine, but probably red-definitely needs it. Will also chill and skim fat before re-heating as I found it really thick, fatty.
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Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2008
This was an easy and tasty recipe. I made it on a whim the other night and it was great. I love french onion soup and I will definetly make this again.
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Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2008
I had to knock this down a notch because almost everyone who wrote a review has changed the recipe a bit from the way it's written. I tried making it before reading the reviews and found it tasty, but lacking something Next time I'll try carmelizing the onions and do something to make the soup darker.
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Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2008
This recipe was so yummy! I didn't add any sugar because I didn't think it was necessary, or white wine (just because I didn't have any). I also had homemade turkey stock on hand so I used that instead of canned beef broth. Also, since I don't have any individual bowls to broil the soups, I just toasted up some organic flour-free flax bread with mozza cheese in the oven and placed on top of the bowl of soup before serving. Another change was I used fresh thyme and parsley instead of dried. I also cooked the onions WAY longer than the 10 minutes, to caramelize them like so many other people have advised to. I even accidentally burnt them a bit, but I think that just made the flavour even better! I know that seems like quite a few changes but in my opinion, they are very minor. Very yummy, thanks for sharing! I didn't realize how easy french onion soup could be! :) Oh yes, and I probably let the soup simmer longer than the recipe advises which I think just develops the flavour even more.
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Reviewed: Oct. 5, 2008
This recipe was as good as any I have had in a restaurant. We love onions so I added more than called for. I also did not add any water and added additional beef stock and used red wine instead of white (thats all I had in the house). My girls asked if I would make it once a week from now on. This one is a keeper. Thank you for sharing.
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Reviewed: Sep. 30, 2008
Great soup. Added worchestershire for taste and coloring. wasn't cloudy at all. did do the wine although I normally wouldn't def. adds demension to the flavor. this is supposed to be a sweet and lightly flavored soup because it is soaked up in the bread and is usually with a salty cheese like swiss. I made my beef stock homeade and my french baguettes homeade off of this sight...yummy! I cooked my onions on low for an hour and used red onions because they are universally known to have a deeper flavor.
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Reviewed: Sep. 16, 2008
I have used this recipe as a base for a few years now. To me, this is a good introduction to the French Onion Soup. It's not daunting at all.
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Reviewed: Aug. 13, 2008
I made this a couple of days ago. Used one spanish onion and one sweet onion. Also added the sugar right away as per another reviewers suggestion. My son-in-law loved it. I made it for him as he broke his jaw a couple of weeks ago and went through surgery. He's on a liquid diet for 6 weeks. Used half cheddar and half mozzarella cheese but did not put under broiler only melted it. He said he had been craving bread and this he could eat without chewing. Thanks, from Ontario
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Reviewed: Aug. 11, 2008
great recipe. i used ciabatta bread instead of a french baguette, and monterrey jack instead of swiss... but i'm definitely making this again!
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