{"id":2898,"date":"2013-05-26T05:22:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T05:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2020-09-17T11:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T18:57:35","slug":"onion-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/onion-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Alton&#8217;s Onion Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About 5 cups of Vidallia onion &#8211; sliced thin<\/li>\n<li>5-8 oz beef consume<\/li>\n<li>5-8 oz chicken broth<\/li>\n<li>5-8 oz apple cider<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL EVOO<\/li>\n<li>3 TBL butter &#8211;&nbsp; cold and in pieces<\/li>\n<li>1 C of a NICE white wine (or 1\/2 C cognac)<\/li>\n<li>Grated Gruyere<\/li>\n<li>Grated Parmesan cheese<\/li>\n<li>Thick slices of a hearty bread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Step by Step<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Put the butter and EVOO into a heavy pot and put onto the stovetop on medium-low heat &#8211; about 250\u00ba<\/li>\n<li>Add the sliced onions, stirring and adding sprinkles of salt as you go<\/li>\n<li>Cover and cook the onions on medium low heat for 45-60 minutes &#8211; You can do this covered and in the oven at 300\u00ba for 90 minutes if you prefer<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile prepare a bouquet-garni with a bay leaf, oregano, thyme, and parsley (to be added at Step 9)<\/li>\n<li>If you re cooking in the oven, move the pot to the stovetop.<\/li>\n<li>Increase the heat to medium-high<\/li>\n<li>Add the wine &#8211; enough to just barely cover the onions<\/li>\n<li>Cook for 10 minutes or until much of the wine has reduced<\/li>\n<li>Add the consume, broth, cider and bouquet-garni<\/li>\n<li>Bring back up to a boil, then reduce to medium and simmer uncovered for another 10 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Turn on the broiler<\/li>\n<li>Cut the bread into thick circles to fit just inside the cooking ramekin, but don&#8217;t put in yet.&nbsp; (wait until Step 15)<\/li>\n<li>Put under the broiler for 30 seconds, or until browned<\/li>\n<li>Taste the soup.&nbsp; Add cognac and\/or just a bit of lemon<\/li>\n<li>Ladle into the ramekins, top with the toast (browned side down) and top heavily with grated cheese<\/li>\n<li>Broil for 1-2 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Optional:&nbsp; Garnish with crisp onions<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients About 5 cups of Vidallia onion &#8211; sliced thin 5-8 oz beef consume 5-8 oz chicken broth 5-8 oz apple cider 1 TBL EVOO 3 TBL butter &#8211;&nbsp; cold and in pieces 1 C of a NICE white wine (or 1\/2 C cognac) Grated Gruyere Grated Parmesan cheese Thick slices of a hearty bread &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/onion-soup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alton&#8217;s Onion Soup&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grandpas-private-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2898"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20297,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898\/revisions\/20297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}