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| large | Onion, sliced | | tablespoon | butter | | tablespoon | red wine vinegar | | fluid ounce | red wine, divided | | teaspoon | black pepper | | cup (8 fl oz) | chicken broth | | cup | broth, Beef | | slice | bread, French baguette sliced into small rounds | | cups | american cheese, shredded | | cups | Cheese, american cheddar, | | ounce | Cheese, blue, gorgonzola |
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| 1 | Peel 6 large yellow onions and halve each lengthwise. Then cross cut each half into four pieces. (This technique is called French cutting. This is why the soup is called “Frenchâ€, not because the recipe is from France.) Place the pieces in a pan with 2 tbsp butter and caramelize till brown them in an oven preheated to 425oF. This should take about one hour. Finish the caramelization by heating the on medium heat on a stove. Keep stirring with a wooden spatula. Add 1 tbsp cherry wine and 1 tbsp vinegar. pan on a stove and heat Keep stirring and scrapping off fully caramelized pieces fro the bottom of the pan till the liquid has mostly evaporated. Add 3 cups of each of clear chicken broth and clear beef both. Bring to boil on high heat. Simmer on high heat. For 1 hour Take 4 half-slices of French bread and sear both on a hot skillet with 1 tbsp melted butter till dark brown. Divide into serving 4 cups. Place a bread slice in each. Top up each floating slice with 2 tbsp of mix of grated American cheeses (e.g., extra sharp cheddar and Moterary Jack). Top with pepper. Place the bowl on a hot broiler (about ½ inch away from the hot plate). Serve. |
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