The recipe for gratinated onion soup

Rediscover the onion soup, a gratinated soup, based on onions, an essential of traditional French cuisine!

A tasty and generous soup that will warm the most gourmands during winter dinners!

Ingredients of the real onion soup for 4 people:

• 4 yellow onions
• 1.5 l of chicken stock, or 1.5l of water and a stock cube
• 3 medium-sized potatoes
• salt, pepper
• 20g of butter
• 100g of grated gruyère cheese
• croutons

Preparation of the onion soup  

• Peel the onions and potatoes and cut into small pieces
• In a casserole dish or saucepan, melt the butter and put the onions and potatoes in it. Fry for 5 to 10 minutes while the onions are a little caramelized.
• Add the chicken stock, or the water and the stock cube. Pepper and salt very lightly 
• Let it cook gently for 1 and a half hours
• Pass the onion soup through a blender, pour into plates and put a little Gruyère cheese on the soup and spend a few moments under the grill of the oven
• Serve the onion soup hot with croutons of bread

Onion soup is usually served as a hot starter, but can also be served as a main course