This Week’s Recipe: French Onion Soup

Inspiration: I don’t quite recall how it came up, but I mentioned in passing to my husband I’d never tried French Onion Soup…and he’s like, “We can fix that!” and off to the market we went, recipe in hand, to purchase the requisite ingredients. (And toothpaste, because we’d sailed perilously close to running out, and oral hygiene is essential, especially when entering the last sugar ladened quarter of the year.)

Needless to say, I was still skeptical — a soup that consisted mainly of broth, a few aromatics, and onions? Yeah…..

Turns out I’m a fan!

Though admittedly, until my spoon dipped into my soup bowl, I held many misgivings about this beloved creation. Owing to the fact that during the onion slicing phase of this dish, we’d needed to open both kitchen windows AND the front door (that’s in the next room over) to keep from crying our eyes out, thanks to this pungent edible bulb.

But paired off with a raw milk gruyere (the only variety they had of this type of cheese) melted over a slice of bread, floated on the top of the soup?

I’m a fan!

Click here for the recipe we used.

Christie: Despite this being a French onion soup, I can see our favorite Belgian detective tucking into this dish with relish!

*A big thanks to my husband, who took the lead on this creation whilst I served as his reluctant sous chef.