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Many recipes of French Onion Soup are using beef stock. Hence, this reason makes my husband can’t enjoy it.

Soup is something that I can eat everyday, especially in the winter season. Last week, when I had a kalamata bread leftover, I made a French Onion Soup with a vegetarian stock twist. So, for vegetarians who still have dairy products in your diet, you are able to enjoy this comforting soup.

Making a vegetarian stock is your first step. There are many vegetarian stocks ready to use at groceries if you are willing to do a short-cut. I preferably make my own stock Please see my vegetarian stock recipe and learn how to make an hearty vegetarian stock. This time I added bay leaves not Indonesian bay (salam) leaves as my recipe stated.

Beside utilizing your old bread for a French onion soup, make it into croutons or breadcrumbs is a good way instead of throwing away. Other thing that I did differently for this soup, I sliced the cheese not shredded.

French Onion Soup
adapted from Michael Smith’s French Onion Soup

Ingredients:

  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • 5 large onions, peeled and sliced thinly
  • splash of water
  • seasalt

The Soup:

  • 125 mL (1/2 cup) no-added sugar white grape juice (use white wine if you can)
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 3L (6 cup) Homemade Vegetarian Stock
  • seasalt and pepper
  • 4 slices kalamata bread, cut into rounds to fit bowls, toasted
  • slices of Gruyere cheese

Methods:
1. Toss the butter, olive oil, onions and water into a large soup pot with a few pinches of salt.

2. Cover with a tight fitting lid and let the onions soften over a medium high heat, about 10 minutes.

3. When the water has evaporated, remove the lid, turn heat to low and begin to slowly caramelize onions, stirring frequently. This will take about one hour.

The Soup:
1. When the onions are a deep golden colour and have shrunk dramatically, add the white grape juice, thyme and broth.

2. Season with seasalt and pepper and let simmer for 15 minutes.

3. Preheat your oven’s broiler. Ladle the soup into 4 onion soup or ovenproof bowls and fit a slice of toast over each bowl.

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4. Top each bowl with 1 or 2 slices of Gruyere cheese. Place bowls onto a baking sheet.

5. Place under the broiler and broil until the soup is bubbling and the tops are golden brown.

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  1. noobcook February 6, 2011 At 4:41 PMWhat a beautiful french onion soup! I saw the episode of Michael Smith cooking this, and it has been on my to-do list for ages. Yours really did his recipe justice! 🙂Reply
  2. Ju (The Little Teoch February 6, 2011 At 5:03 PMWAH! Your soup is perfect! And vegetarian too … immediately on my MUST-MAKE list!Reply
  3. penny aka jeroxie February 6, 2011 At 8:00 PMThe flavours are still there even though you used vegetable stock. 🙂Reply
  4. MaryMoh February 6, 2011 At 8:03 PMMmm…I love this soup….very comforting in this cold weather.Reply
  5. noobcook February 6, 2011 At 11:41 PMWhat a beautiful french onion soup! I saw the episode of Michael Smith cooking this, and it has been on my to-do list for ages. Yours really did his recipe justice! 🙂Reply
  6. Ju (The Little Teochew) February 7, 2011 At 12:03 AMWAH! Your soup is perfect! And vegetarian too … immediately on my MUST-MAKE list!Reply
  7. Little Corner of Min February 7, 2011 At 1:38 AMYummy soup, very suitable for cold weather.Reply
  8. penny aka jeroxie February 7, 2011 At 3:00 AMThe flavours are still there even though you used vegetable stock. 🙂Reply
  9. MaryMoh February 7, 2011 At 3:03 AMMmm…I love this soup….very comforting in this cold weather.Reply
  10. Xiaolu February 7, 2011 At 7:46 AMWhat a gorgeous shot, Pepy. I like the darker setting that's different from your usual. Cute pot and I have that some glass! But enough about the photo, haha, French Onion Soup is one of my favorites and yours looks sensational!Reply
  11. Little Corner of Mine February 7, 2011 At 8:38 AMYummy soup, very suitable for cold weather.Reply
  12. Indonesia Eats February 7, 2011 At 12:00 PM@Noobcook: I'll wait for your French Onion execution. :)@Ju: Perfect for you who is a [email protected]: indeed. I'm happy to see my husband finally enjoy [email protected] and LCOM: How is the weather over [email protected]: this kind of darker background is more like your style 🙂 I always love your comment about photosReply
  13. Xiaolu February 7, 2011 At 2:46 PMWhat a gorgeous shot, Pepy. I like the darker setting that's different from your usual. Cute pot and I have that some glass! But enough about the photo, haha, French Onion Soup is one of my favorites and yours looks sensational!Reply
  14. Indonesia Eats February 7, 2011 At 7:00 PM@Noobcook: I'll wait for your French Onion execution. 🙂@Ju: Perfect for you who is a vegetarian@Penny: indeed. I'm happy to see my husband finally enjoy it@Mary and LCOM: How is the weather over there?@Xiaolu: this kind of darker background is more like your style 🙂 I always love your comment about photosReply
  15. Angie's Recipes February 7, 2011 At 7:18 PMA very delicious looking onion soup! Great photo!Reply
  16. Sylvie @ Gourmande i February 7, 2011 At 7:30 PMLove your twist of adding kalamata bread to the soup, that must give it a nice flavor as well as using the vegetarian stock.Reply
  17. Angie's Recipes February 8, 2011 At 2:18 AMA very delicious looking onion soup! Great photo!Reply
  18. Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen February 8, 2011 At 2:30 AMLove your twist of adding kalamata bread to the soup, that must give it a nice flavor as well as using the vegetarian stock.Reply
  19. Eating Bangkok February 8, 2011 At 8:19 AMI love French Onion soup and your rendition sounds totally yummy. Why not use vegetable stock for an onion soup?Reply
  20. Indonesia Eats February 8, 2011 At 8:43 AM@Eating Bangkok: yes I use vegetable and mushroom mix stock that I call a vegetarian stockReply
  21. Eating Bangkok February 8, 2011 At 3:19 PMI love French Onion soup and your rendition sounds totally yummy. Why not use vegetable stock for an onion soup?Reply
  22. Indonesia Eats February 8, 2011 At 3:43 PM@Eating Bangkok: yes I use vegetable and mushroom mix stock that I call a vegetarian stockReply
  23. Lizzy February 8, 2011 At 9:20 PMGorgeous presentation of one of my favorite soups! I prefer my FOS with chicken broth over beef…but vegetable stock sounds good, too. Mostly, I love the cheesy bread topping 🙂Reply
  24. Lizzy February 9, 2011 At 4:20 AMGorgeous presentation of one of my favorite soups! I prefer my FOS with chicken broth over beef…but vegetable stock sounds good, too. Mostly, I love the cheesy bread topping 🙂Reply
  25. tigerfish February 9, 2011 At 1:28 PMSoup is also something I can eat everyday but I have not eaten French Soup in my soup-eating series yet! ;pReply
  26. tigerfish February 9, 2011 At 8:28 PMSoup is also something I can eat everyday but I have not eaten French Soup in my soup-eating series yet! ;pReply
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  28. Romantic Dinner Bruges February 16, 2011 At 12:28 AMOh lovely and colorful its recipe . i think very tested and great idea for recipe . fantastic this post thanksReply
  29. penny aka jeroxie February 23, 2011 At 12:26 PMI don't mind trying the vegetarian version. sometimes french onion soup can be too richReply
  30. penny aka jeroxie February 23, 2011 At 7:26 PMI don't mind trying the vegetarian version. sometimes french onion soup can be too richReply
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