French Onion Soup Gratinee

Name: French Onion Soup Gratinee
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons butter; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 large red onions, thinly sliced; 2 large sweet onions, thinly sliced; 1 (48 fluid ounce) can chicken broth; 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth; 1/2 cup red wine; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 2 sprigs fresh parsley; 1 sprig fresh thyme leave; 1 bay leaf; 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar; salt & freshly ground black pepper; 4 slices French bread (thick slices) or 4 slices Italian bread (thick slices); 8 slices gruyere or 8 slices swiss cheese, room temperature; 1/2 cup shredded asiago cheese or 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, room temperature; 4 pinches paprika

Submitted by Juenessa

"This is a restaurant quality soup."

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Ready In:: 1hr 25mins
Ingredients:: 17
Serves:: 4

ingredients

4 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon salt
2 large red onions, thinly sliced
2 large sweet onions, thinly sliced
1 (48 fluid ounce) can chicken broth
1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
¹⁄₂ cup red wine
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 sprigs fresh parsley
1 sprig fresh thyme leave
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
salt & freshly ground black pepper
4 slices French bread (thick slices) or 4 slices Italian bread (thick slices)
8 slices gruyere or 8 slices swiss cheese, room temperature
¹⁄₂ cup shredded asiago cheese or 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, room temperature
4 pinches paprika

directions

Melt butter in a large pot over medium-high heat.
Stir in salt, red onions and sweet onions.
Cook 35 minutes, stirring frequently, until onions are caramelized and almost syrupy.
Mix chicken broth, beef broth, red wine and Worcestershire sauce into pot.
Bundle the parsley, thyme, and bay leaf with twine and place in pot.
Simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove and discard the herbs.
Reduce the heat to low, mix in vinegar and season with salt and pepper.
Cover and keep over low heat to stay hot while you prepare the bread.
Preheat oven broiler.
Arrange bread slices on a baking sheet and broil 3 minutes, turning once, until well toasted on both sides.
Remove from heat; do not turn off broiler.
Arrange 4 large oven safe bowls or crocks on a rimmed baking sheet.
Fill each bowl 2/3 full with hot soup.
Top each bowl with 1 slice toasted bread, 2 slice Gruyere cheese and 1/4 of the Asiago or mozzarella cheese.
Sprinkle a little bit of paprika over the top of each one.
Broil 5 minutes, or until bubbly and golden brown.
As it softens, the cheese will cascade over the sides of the crock and form a beautifully melted crusty seal.
Serve immediately!

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