Easy Creamy Onion Soup
Beat the brisk cold winds with a bowl of warm delicious soup. Our Easy Creamy Onion Soup will cure any shiver as well as any appetite. It will leave you saying yum rather than Brrr. Keep warm tonight and enjoy the flavors of creamy onion soup.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons oil or butter
- 1 1/2 pound brown onions, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 4 cups vegetable stock, or water
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup thickened cream or creme fraiche
- good squeeze of lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 ounce butter, cut in small pieces
- 6 thick slices crusty French bread, toasted
Instructions
- Heat oil or butter in a large, heavy based saucepan and gently fry the onions and garlic until soft and transparent, without letting them brown. Sprinkle in the flour and stir for a minute.
- Add the stock, or water and stir until it comes to the boil. Partially cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, beat the egg yolks with cream and lemon juice.
- Remove pan from heat and stir one cup of hot soup into the yolk mixture, adding gradually to prevent curdling. Slowly stir it back into the pan of soup over low heat, taking care it does not boil.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper, then dot the butter over the soup and stir in. Put a slice of toast into each soup bowl. Ladle the soup over and serve.
