Easy Vegetarian French Onion Soup

🧂 Ingredients

• 5 tbsp Butter
• 2 Garlic cloves

  minced
• 5 Large sweet onions

  sliced
• 1 tsp Kosher salt
• 1 tsp White sugar
• 2 tbsp All purpose flour
• 6 cups Mushroom broth
• 1 tbsp Vegan Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 cup Sherry
• 1/4 tsp Fresh thyme
• 1/4 tsp Ground black pepper
• 1 French Baguette

  sliced
• 14 oz Gruyere cheese

  shredded

Instructions

• 1 Heat butter in a large pot or dutch oven. Add garlic, sliced onions and salt and
  cook over medium heat for 30 minutes. Remain at the stove, stirring every few
  minutes to ensure the onions do not burn.
• 2 Add 1 teaspoon of sugar, turn the heat to low and cover with a lid. Continue
  cooking for approximately 50 minutes, until onions are golden brown and
  caramelized.
• 3 Remove the lid and add flour to the caramelized onions. Mix well and cook for
  another 5 minutes.
• 4 Add mushroom broth, Worcestershire sauce, sherry, thyme and cracked pepper and
  simmer for 20 minutes.
• 5 Meanwhile, slice baguette in 1/2 inch rounds and toast until crunchy.
• 6 Preheat oven to 350F.
• 7 Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place 4-6 oven proof bowls on the baking
  sheet and ladle soup into the bowls. Add 3 tbsp of shredded gruyere cheese to
  each bowl, mix well.
• 8 Gently place one or two slices of bread on the top of each soup bowl then
  sprinkle with 1/4 cup of gruyere cheese per bowl.
• 9 Place baking sheet in the oven and bake for 10 minutes, until cheese is melted
  and bubbling.
• 10 Broil for 1-2 minutes, keeping an eye so the bread doesn’t burn. Serve
  immediately.

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