Truffle-Infused French Onion Soup

French Onion soup is always good treat in cold weather. Hearty and filling, this soup delivers great flavor that’s only enhanced by the complex flavor of the truffle.

Ingredients:

1. 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2. 3 pounds sweet onions, sliced 1/4 inch thick
3. 2 bay leaves
4. About 1/2 cup water
5. 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
6. 1 cup dry red wine
7. 3 quarts beef stock, preferably homemade
8. 10 thyme sprigs, tied with cotton string
9. Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
10. 1 baguette, sliced 1/3 inch thick
11. 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
12. 10 ounces truffled pecorino cheese, coarsely shredded (3 cups)

Directions:

• Melt the butter in a large heavy casserole. Add the onions and bay leaves, cover and cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until the onions are very soft, about 15 minutes. Uncover and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the onions are deeply browned, about 1 1/2 hours longer. Add tablespoons of water as necessary if the onions dry out.
• Add the flour to the onions and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the wine and cook, stirring constantly, until nearly evaporated, about 2 minutes. Add the beef stock and thyme and simmer over moderately low heat until reduced to 10 cups, about 35 minutes. Discard the thyme bundle and bay leaves and season the soup with salt and pepper.
• Preheat the oven to 350°. Brush the baguette slices with the olive oil, arrange on a baking sheet and toast for about 12 minutes, or until golden and crisp.
• Preheat the broiler. Ladle the hot soup into 10 heatproof bowls. Float 3 baguette toasts in each bowl and scatter the cheese on top. Set the bowls on a sturdy baking sheet and broil about 4 inches from the heat source for about 2 minutes, or until the cheese has melted. Serve at once.

Recipe Courtesy of FoodandWine.com

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Cereal is a Soup

It sure is buddy… It sure is…

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White-Bean Soup with Bacon and Herbs

Here’s another great soup for Thanksgiving. (Or really any day during the holiday season.) And the best part? It has bacon! And we all know bacon makes EVERYTHING better!

Ingredients:

1. 1 1/4 pounds thick-sliced bacon, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch strips
2. 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3. 1 Spanish onion, finely chopped
4. 1 large carrot, finely diced
5. 2 celery ribs, finely diced
6. 4 garlic cloves, minced
7. 1 fresh bay leaf
8. 2 teaspoons chopped thyme
9. 2 teaspoons chopped rosemary
10. 1 pound Great Northern beans, soaked overnight and drained
11. 10 cups chicken stock
12. Salt and freshly ground pepper

Directions:

1. In a large soup pot, cook the bacon over moderate heat, stirring, until browned and crisp, about 7 minutes. Drain, reserving the fat and bacon separately.
2. Heat the olive oil in the soup pot. Add the onion, carrot and celery and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened, about 8 minutes. Stir in the garlic, bay leaf and 1 teaspoon each of the chopped thyme and rosemary and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the drained beans, stock and 3 tablespoons of the reserved bacon fat and bring to a boil. Simmer the soup over moderately low heat until the beans are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
3. Discard the bay leaf and stir in the remaining thyme and rosemary. Season the soup with salt and pepper and transfer to shallow bowls. Garnish the soup with the bacon and serve.

Funny Cooking Instructions

Seems about right…

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Ginger Squash Soup with Parmesan Croutons

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I figured it was time to share some really cool holiday recipes I’ve seen around the net. Here’s one my good friend Chef Brando made last week and it was amazing! (Not to mention simple to make) Do you have any cool soup recipes for Thanksgiving? Christmas maybe? … Kwanzaa?

Ingredients

Cock Flavoured Soup Mix

I mean really?! Come on!!

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Soup Of The Day – Tears

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Umm… WHAT?!?!?!

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poison mushroom

Two elderly people were killed and 4 more are still in the hospital after a caregiver unknowingly put poison mushrooms into a soup. The mushrooms were picked on the grounds surrounding the Golden Age Villa senior living center in Loomis, CA. The poisoning is believed to be an accident as the caregiver herself is one of the people in the hospital.

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