French Onion Potato Soup

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Thinly slice the onions using a food processor.
  2. 2Add a whole stick of butter, a generous amount of olive oil, salt, white pepper, and black pepper to the sliced onions in a large pot.
  3. 3Place the pot on low heat and caramelize the onions, stirring every 5 minutes at first, then every 1-2 minutes as they brown.
  4. 4Deglaze the pot with Worcestershire sauce and white wine vinegar.
  5. 5Add the diced potatoes, dried chives, dried thyme, and bay leaves to the pot.
  6. 6Pour in the beef broth and mix all ingredients together.
  7. 7Cover the pot and let it simmer until the potatoes are soft.
  8. 8Take out about half a cup of the soft potatoes and mash them until they reach a mashed potato consistency.
  9. 9Stir the mashed potatoes back into the pot to thicken the broth.
  10. 10Add a splash of heavy cream and mix it into the soup.
  11. 11Ladle the soup into a bowl.
  12. 12Grate Monterey Jack cheese on top of the soup.
  13. 13Grate Parmesan cheese on top of the Monterey Jack cheese.
  14. 14Use a kitchen blowtorch to melt and lightly brown the cheese on top.

Ingredients

  • 6 onions
  • 1 stick of butter
  • olive oil
  • Salt
  • white and black pepper
  • splash Worcestershire sauce
  • splash white wine or white wine vinegar
  • 4 cups diced potatoes
  • 2 tablespoons dried chives
  • 0.75 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 5 cups beef broth
  • splash heavy cream
  • Monterey Jack cheese
  • Parmesan cheese

Equipment

food processorlarge pot with lidpotato masherladlebowlcheese graterkitchen blowtorch

Tips

  • You can use Gruy ere cheese traditionally, but other melty cheeses like Monterey Jack work well too.
  • To melt the cheese, you can torch it with a blowtorch or put it under the broiler in an oven-safe dish.