Nothing is more comforting than a spoonful of French Onion Soup with caramelized onions in a rich Brown Beef Stock topped with crisp baguette slices and bubbly cheese. Whether you're a new traditional foods home cook or a pro, you will find this soup easy to make with results that will be incredibly delicious!
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Earlier, I showed you how to make a Brown Beef Stock, which forms the liquid base of your French Onion Soup. It's easy to make Brown Beef Stock in your kitchen, and it's the secret ingredient that chefs use in restaurants to make their French Onion Soup taste so good!
If you don't have brown beef stock, that's okay. You can substitute it with beef stock or beef bone broth. You won't have the full richness from the brown beef stock, but your soup will still be tasty!
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Traditional French Onion Soup
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Learn how easy it is to make this classic French onion soup that's even better than restaurant quality. I'll show you different ways to prepare and enjoy this recipe in your own kitchen.
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More Delicious Soup Recipes
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My family and I love warm, comforting soups. If you find that soup is often on the menu in your traditional foods kitchen, then you'll love these homemade soup recipes.
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The Modern Pioneer Cookbook
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If you love traditional recipes like this French Onion Soup, you'll love my bestselling book, The Modern Pioneer Cookbook. You'll get detailed recipes for how to make traditional foods, including bone broth, cultured dairy, ferments, sourdough, and more. Discover for yourself how you can use simple ingredients and traditional techniques to cook the modern pioneer way.
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Thank you for Being a Sweet Friend
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Did you know that onion soup dates back to Roman times? However, the printed recipe for French Onion Soup, which eventually morphed into the recipe we know today, has its roots in the fourteenth century. Soupe à l'oignon (onion soup) appeared in a collection of recipes titled Le Viandier de Taillevent.
Today, French Onion Soup can take on many different interpretations, but the version of soup that gained in popularity in the eighteenth century and became mainstream by the nineteenth century is still the best today. Nothing can beat slowly simmered caramelized onions, a deglazing with a dry white wine, and an additional simmer in brown beef stock to create a rich, flavorful, and nutritious soup.
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But where do the croutons and cheese come in? The French call this gratinée. The term gratinée refers to any dish cooked au gratin, which means topped with a crust made with breadcrumbs (or croutons) and grated cheese. "Onion soup gratinée" (or soupe à l'oignon gratinée in French) is what we know as the classic French Onion Soup topped with croutons and cheese, usually placed under the broiler until it is browned and bubbly…and delicious!
My family and I quickly polished off the French Onion Soup I made for the video. I'm confident you'll enjoy your homemade soup, too, and take pride in knowing that you made it with love—the best ingredient in your traditional foods kitchen. 😊
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Love and God Bless,
Mary ♥
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The Modern Pioneer Cookbook Curriculum
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The Modern Pioneer Cookbook Curriculum is a comprehensive set of lesson plans to teach traditional foods recipes and kitchen skills to students in grades K-12. You can use this curriculum in conjunction with the recipes and text in my bestselling book, The Modern Pioneer Cookbook. This curriculum resource is over 250 pages, and you can download it for free.
Latest Curriculum News: Have you ever read books written by Tomie dePaola? I enjoyed several of his books when I homeschooled my son Ben, but I learned about dePaola's book Tom when Jamie introduced me to it. It's a wonderful children's book that includes chicken feet! (As you may know, chicken feet help to make your bone broth gelatinous.) I'll include this recommended book in the next update to the curriculum.
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