Easy Organic French Onion Soup
Sautéing onions in butter creates a rich base for the beef broth to deepen in flavor. Top with perfectly seasoned homemade croutons and your favorite cheese. Doubling this recipe is great for pressure canning. Details in Notes.
Ingredients
- 2 large organic onions thinly sliced or diced
- 4 tbsp organic butter
- 6 cups organic beef broth
- 1 tbsp organic minced garlic optional
- 1-2 tsp Better Than Bouillon Organic Beef Base optional (taste before adding)
- Hain Iodized Sea Salt or Himalayan Pink Salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
- homemade organic croutons for topping
- gruyere, provolone, or mozzarella cheese or a combination, for topping
Instructions
- Sauté the onions in the butter over medium heat to desired caramelization, stirring frequently, 10 minutes or so. Add a sprinkle of salt to help the onions sweat out moisture. Add the optional garlic and sauté for another minute
- Add the broth and optional beef bouillon base. Stir well then taste before adding more salt. Pepper to taste.
- Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium and let simmer for 10-15 minutes to concentrate the flavors.
- At this point, you can pressure can into pint or quart jars following manufacturer instructions or your canner.
- To serve, add croutons on top of the onion soup to suspend the cheese(es) - as much or as little as you like.
- Microwave on high for 2-3 minutes until cheese is melted. Or place on a baking sheet under the broiler in the oven and broil for 1-2 minutes to desired browning, depending on your oven. Watch closely to keep from burning. Carefully remove from the oven with potholders or mitts.
- Place on a plate to serve as the bowl will be quite hot.
Notes
I use a Carey Smart Electric Pressure Cooker and Canner. The instructions are clear and simple to follow and comes with several recipes. It can hold and process 4 quart (wide-mouth), 5 pint, or 16 - 4 oz. jelly jars at a time.
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