New England Onion Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Place sliced onions and butter into slow cooker, and mix until onions are thoroughly coated. Stir in bread and chicken broth.
• Cover, and cook on LOW for 10 to 18 hours or on HIGH 4 to 5 hours, stirring occasionally. Stir well during last hour.

Steps:

• Place diced bacon in large stock pot over medium-high heat. Cook until almost crisp; add onions, and cook 5 minutes. Stir in water and potatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, and cook uncovered for 15 minutes, or until potatoes are fork tender.
• Pour in half-and-half, and add butter. Drain clams, reserving clam liquid; stir clams and 1/2 of the clam liquid into the soup. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until heated through. Do not allow to boil.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot or kettle, add onions and cook until transparent but not brown.
• Stir in flour until well blended.
• Gradually add milk, stirring until smooth, then stir in broth.
• Add seasonings and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Beat egg yolks with cream and pour into a soup tureen.
• Gradually stir in soup.
• Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and celery in butter until tender. Add the broth, potatoes, sugar, salt, rosemary, thyme and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. , Combine flour and 1/2 cup milk until smooth; gradually stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the ham, peas and remaining milk; heat through.

Steps:

• Melt butter in large stock pot and saute garlic, onions and celery for 5-8 minutes.
• Slice all of the mushrooms together and set aside 1/2 cup for garnish.
• Add the remaining mushrooms and potatoes to pot and continue to saute for an additional 5 minutes.
• Add the stock; bring to a boil.
• Simmer on medium-high heat until the potatoes are tender, approx 20 minutes. Remove from heat and add thyme.
• Puree in blender, return to pot.
• Add sherry, light cream, salt, pepper and worcestershire sauce, warm through.
• Meanwhile, saute the reserved mushrooms in a little olive oil, and season them with salt and pepper.
• Add the mushrooms to the soup and stir well.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions and 1/2 teaspoon salt, stir and cover, letting onions soften for 5 minutes. Remove lid and let onions caramelize until golden brown over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Adjust heat if onions are browning too quickly. The caramelization process may take 45 to 60 minutes.
• Meanwhile, warm broth in a saucepan over low heat.
• Once onions are caramelized, add wine and sherry to the pot and allow mixture to come to boil. Stir in flour and let thicken for a minute or two.
• Slowly add warm broth, 1/4 teaspoon salt and the pepper to the onion mixture and boil uncovered for 10 minutes. Add more salt and pepper to taste.
• Heat the broiler, and arrange individual ovenproof casseroles on a baking sheet. Ladle soup into casseroles, and cover top with bread slices. Sprinkle each casserole generously with Gruyère. Broil for a minute or two, watching carefully, until cheese melts and browns. Serve immediately.