Onion Soup with Browned Garlic

French Soup Recipes

1 tsp olive oil 1 c dry sherry 4 large yellow onions, thinly sliced 8 - 10 cloves garlic, minced 1 Tbsp flour 4 c fat-free stock 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper salt to taste 6 slices French bread 3 Tbsp. grated Parmesan

Heat oil and sherry in large dutch oven until boiling. Add onions, reduce heat to med., cook slowly, stirring frequently at least 20 min, until onions become pastelike. Add garlic & continue cooking 5-10 min., stirring frequently, until garlic begins to brown. Add flour. Stirr well, cook 2 min. Add stock, increase heat to high & bring to boil. Reduce heat, simmer 20 min. Add salt & peper. Float toasted French bread on top of serving, sprinkle with Parmesan.

Submitted by Gretchen Grant
Contributed on: Tuesday May 11th, 2004 and modified on Thursday February 24th, 2005