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French onion and sage soup with Gruyère croûtons
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French onion and sage soup with Gruyère croûtons

13 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

I really do love a good bowl of French onion soup. This is best made with a fresh stock from the butchers but a supermarket one (not from concentrate) will do just fine, too.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

988
Calories
41g
Protein
42g
Fat
109g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Beef 100g cooked 250
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Sage 1 tsp ground (0.7g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • knob of butter
  • 4 big onions
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 garlic
  • small handful of sage
  • 1 tbsp plain flour
  • 1L/1¾pt good quality beef stock
  • small handful of flat leaf parsley
  • 1 demi- baguette
  • 75g/3oz Gruyèreparmesan
  • big pinch mustard powder
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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