| Joel’s Gratinee Lyonaise |
Recipe Type: Soup
Ingredients
- 5 medium onions (2 lb.)
- 1/4 lb. butter
- 3 TAB flour
- 2 cans (22 oz.) beef consume
- 2 quarts water (approx.)
- Bouquet garne or season to taste
- French bread
- 3/4 lb. swiss cheese
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 1/2 oz. brandy
Instructions
- Sauté the onions until clear, not brown, in the butter.
- Add the flour to make a roux.
- Add the consommé and water.
- Simmer for 30 min. Then strain the soup into a large casserole.
- Puree the onions in a blender until smooth, re-add to soup.
- Cover the soup with thinly sliced bread.
- Cover the bread with coarsely grated cheese.
- Bake uncovered in a 400 oven for 25 min. At the end Broil briefly to brown the cheese.
- Mix well egg yolks and brandy.
- While stirring the yolks briskly, slowly add a ladle full of the hot soup.
- Put the mixture in the soup and serve at once, thinking about France.
Notes
This recipe comes from Joel Gottlieb not Joel Thompson.