Onion soup with herby garlic cheese bread

Onion soup with herby garlic cheese bread

This French-inspired warming soup uses chutney to add a delicious sweetness

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

FREEZE soup and unbaked bread

Method

  1. Melt 1 tbsp of the butter in a medium saucepan. Add the onions, stir well, then cover and gently cook, stirring occasionally, for about 15 mins - they should be really soft but not browned. Add half the garlic, increase the heat and cook for 5 mins more, adding a splash of stock if the onions start to stick - they should brown a little now.
  2. Stir in the flour and chutney, and cook for 1-2 mins, then pour over most of the stock and simmer while you make the garlic bread. Mix the rest of the butter and garlic with half the parsley. Season.
  3. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Cut each baguette into about 6 slices, but don't go all the way through. Add a little of the butter mixture and some mozzarella into each cut, then push back together to seal. Wrap in a double layer of foil. Bake for 10-15 mins, until the butter is melted. Season the soup, adding remaining stock if required. Serve with garlic bread.

PER SERVING

413 kcalories, protein 20g, carbohydrate 55g, fat 14 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 4g, sugar 16g, salt 2.12 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2011.

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  • 12 December 2011

    ClareS commented on this recipe

    Sorry to nit-pick, but beef stock isn't vegetarian. I'd clicked this recipe as I was looking for an onion soup that doesn't use beef stock. Just to let you know.

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  • 17 January 2012

    Brandycat rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    This is the 1st recipe from this website that i won't be making again. It's easy to make but for our taste it was way too sweet - the chutney just overpowered the whole dish.

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  • 25 September 2012

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I enjoyed this but used a homemade onion chutney so maybe less overpowering and sweet than the shop ones....

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  • 21 January 2013

    mmow commented on this recipe

    This soup is amazing! I love onion soup anyway but the addition of the onion chutney added more depth. I used some left over cranberry and caramelised onion chutney left over from Christmas. Will be making it again.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

FREEZE soup and unbaked bread

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp very soft butter
  • 6 onions , thinly sliced
  • 4 garlic cloves , crushed
  • 1.2l beef stock (made from 2 stock cubes is fine)
  • 2 tbsp plain flour
  • 2-3 heaped tbsp caramelised onion chutney
  • 1 tbsp parsley , chopped
  • 2 small sandwich baguettes
  • 125g ball light mozzarella , chopped
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PER SERVING

413 kcalories, protein 20g, carbohydrate 55g, fat 14 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 4g, sugar 16g, salt 2.12 g

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