French Onion Soup

French Onion Soup is such a tasty, warming soup with so few (cheap) ingredients.

It is traditionally made with beef stock, but can be made with vegetable stock if preferred. And gluten free plain flour works as well as plain wheat flour if required.

Serves a hearty 4

1kg brown onions, peeled, halved and very thinly sliced

2 tbsp light olive oil

1 tsp sugar

4 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced

2 heaped tbsp plain flour 

1.2 litres strong beef stock (3 stock cubes)

200ml white wine

Fry the onions in the olive oil over a medium heat in a covered heavy based pan for about 10 minutes until soft.

Sprinkle over the sugar, stir and fry for a further 20 minutes until golden and caramelised.

Add the chopped garlic, stir through, then sprinkle over the flour and stir well.  Pour in the wine and stir quickly to prevent the flour going lumpy.  Once the flour starts to thicken with the wine, add a little stock and keep stirring.  Repeat one or two more times then add the rest of the stock.

Bring to the boil, cover, and turn down to a summer for a further 20 minutes, stirring and checking the onion and flour is not sticking to the bottom every now and then.

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