feeling french

Both Kaela and Catherine are learning french and Catherine needed to make a french dish. I found a recipe for french onion soup and me and catherine made dinner together.

We had most of the ingredients already. The only thing we had to buy was cheese and beef broth. We had french bread leftover from the paninis. The recipe called for both swiss and gruyere cheese. I've never had gruyere cheese before. I went to Harris Teeter to get it and almost couldn't find it.

The first big step was to caramelize the onions. This was a bit tricky. The recipe said to have the heat on medium-low for 20 minutes......that didn't work. We turned up the heat and after a while they finally turned brown. Now we could get our soup going. From here it was pretty easy. After mixing the broth and a few other ingredients, we poured the soup into six ramekins. The gruyere was sprinkled on top of the soup and then a slice of french bread was put on top of each. Swiss cheese was then put on top of the bread. Into the oven they went!

They turned out better than I expected. I have only had french onion soup once at a restaurant. I don't think Catherine had ever had it. She asked, "why is the bread so soggy?".

 

It was yummy though. I would make it again.

Creation #5 = success!