Onions come from india, and usually need other vegetable friends to make a meal. This is a meal for when all you have is onions, onions. onions
Ingredients
- olive oil
- butter 1 tbsp
- 6-8 large onions sliced thin
- 3 tbsp strong red wine
- 3 tbsp decent single cask bouorbon
- 4 cups stock of choice
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 sprigs of thyme
- rustic toasted bread cut into 1 cm pieces
- grated gryuere / emmental ½ cup
Method
- fry the onions in the oil and butter on low heat until they soften [20 min]
- raise he the heat until the onions caramelize/brown
- deglaze the onions with wine and reduce by half
- add the stock, bay leaf and thyme and simmer. the stock should cover the onions by about a cm.
- add the bourbon
- simmer for 5 min
- taste and season
- ladle into bowls, drop in the toasted bread and add cheese on top
- grill or melt the cheese with a blowtorch
- Season pepper