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Ingredients
for
4
Onion Soup with Cheese Bread
15 min., ready in 55 min.
Time:
273
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
68 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 700 grams onions
- 2 Tbsps vegetable oil
- 1 tsp sugar
- salt
- freshly ground peppers
- 800 milliliters Beef broth
- 200 milliliters dry white wine
- 2 garlic cloves
- lemon juice
- 4 slices Baguette
- 80 grams freshly grated Gruyere
- freshly chopped thyme (for sprinkling)
Preparation
1.
Peel onions and cut into thin rings. Heat oil in a saucepan and cook onions for about 10 minutes or until soft. Season with sugar, salt and pepper and simmer for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown.
2.
Add broth and wine, bring to a boil and simmer for another 15 minutes.
3.
Preheat the oven to 220 ° C top heat.
4.
Peel garlic and squeeze through a garlic press into the soup. Season with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
5.
Pour onion soup into 4 ovenproof soup bowls (or ramekins). Top each bowl with 1 slice of baguette and sprinkle bread with cheese. Bake in preheated oven at 220°C (aproximately 425°F) for 5-10 minutes or until cheese is melted and golden. Sprinkle with thyme and serve immediately.
Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
Calorie | 273 cal. | (13 %) | ||
Protein | 10 g | (10 %) | ||
Fat | 12 g | (10 %) | ||
Carbohydrates | 21 g | (14 %) | ||
Sugar added | 2 g | (8 %) | ||
Roughage | 3.1 g | (10 %) |