{"id":7473,"date":"2026-09-04T15:54:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7473"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:54:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:54:42","slug":"french-onion-soup-gratinee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/french-onion-soup-gratinee\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0French Onion Soup Gratin\u00e9e"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u00a0French Onion Soup Gratin\u00e9e<\/h1>\n<p>A rich and comforting French onion soup made with slowly caramelized onions, savory broth, toasted bread, and plenty of melted cheese. Perfect for a cozy dinner!<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>4 large onions, thinly sliced<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons butter<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon olive oil<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>6 cups beef broth<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup dry white wine (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce<\/li>\n<li>Salt and black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon dried thyme<\/li>\n<li>1 bay leaf<\/li>\n<li>1 French baguette, sliced<\/li>\n<li>2 cups shredded Gruy\u00e8re cheese or Swiss cheese<\/li>\n<li>Fresh parsley for garnish (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Caramelize the onions<\/h3>\n<p>Heat the butter and olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the sliced onions and sugar. Cook slowly, stirring frequently, for about <strong>30\u201340 minutes<\/strong>, until the onions become deeply golden, soft, and caramelized.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Add the garlic and flour<\/h3>\n<p>Add the minced garlic and cook for about 1 minute. Sprinkle the flour over the onions and stir well. Cook for another 1\u20132 minutes.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Make the soup<\/h3>\n<p>Pour in the white wine, if using, and scrape the bottom of the pot. Add the beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, bay leaf, salt, and black pepper.<\/p>\n<p>Bring the soup to a gentle boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for <strong>20\u201325 minutes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the bay leaf before serving.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Prepare the bread<\/h3>\n<p>Toast the baguette slices in the oven or in a toaster until crispy and golden.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Assemble and gratinate<\/h3>\n<p>Preheat the oven broiler.<\/p>\n<p>Divide the hot soup into oven-safe bowls. Place one or two toasted baguette slices on top of each bowl and generously cover with shredded Gruy\u00e8re or Swiss cheese.<\/p>\n<p>Place the bowls under the broiler for <strong>2\u20134 minutes<\/strong>, until the cheese is melted, bubbly, and golden brown.<\/p>\n<h3>6. Serve<\/h3>\n<p>Carefully remove the bowls from the oven, garnish with a little fresh parsley if desired, and serve immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy your warm and delicious <strong>French Onion Soup Gratin\u00e9e!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0French Onion Soup Gratin\u00e9e A rich and comforting French onion soup made with slowly caramelized onions, savory broth, toasted bread,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7475,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7473\/revisions\/7475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}