I made a HUGE mistake when I cooked last night's soup. I finally did go to the store, albeit reluctantly. Fortunately, found some great deals on stuff for meals for the rest of the week.
I found this lovely and amazing sourdough bread. I thought that would make a nice change of pace for the soup.
Wow. It was...dreadful.
The bread completely disintegrated upon heating up with the cheese in the oven. It was mushy and the texture was all wrong. The flavor was fine but the consistency made it a bust. I am sure even Nigella Lawson has had a cooking disaster or two.
I have always used french bread. I also like it with Gruyere cheese! Yum.
In the military the grocery store is called the commissary, but all of us called it the COMMISERY!
It really does stink when you get in the mood for something and yet you don't have the ingredients.
I have the best onion sop recipe EVER
4 Tbls. butter 4 med onions sliced thin (I use a mandoline slicer)
Melt Butter and wilt the onions over low heat...@ 10 minutes
Sprinkle 4 TBLS of sugar over the onions, and carmelize 10 minutes.
Pepper to taste
ADD 3 cups of beef broth, and heat for 15 minutes
ADD 3 more cups of beef broth 2 TBLS of Port wine ( I subsitute any red I have in the house)
Heat 30 minutes over medium low heat...do not allow to boil.
BROIL 4 slices of thick french bread to be toasted on each side
POUR Soup into oven proof bowls Place bread slice on
TOP with GRUYERE Cheese.
***Much better than Mozzarella
BROIL
I made this soup last weekend. I think it is the carmelizing of the onions that allows the sweet, but tangy taste. You don't have that salty taste at all.
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Would you be interested in ham bone soup? My dad makes a killer one (not that I've eaten it in the 5+ years since I became a vegetarian) and it can feed a small army. Let me know if you're interested.
Sorry, I can't help you there. But I have to comment that the very best soup, in the absolute entire universe is the chicken tortilla soup you can get at the Yardhouse (San Diego, some places in Florida, California). In fact I'm going to get some right now. It is cream based, and the most unbelieveable thing I've ever had. If I ever end up on death row, it will be on my last meal request (so I guess I'd better kill somebody in San Diego).
