The Best Vegetarian French Onion Soup

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 4 -5 medium yellow onions, sliced in rings very thinly
• 2 vegetarian beef stock cube
• 1 (750 ml) bottle red wine (dealcolholized ok, but the real stuff is best)
• swiss cheese

Recipe

• 1 heat olive oil in a deep pan over medium heat.
• 2 add onions and sugar and let cook for at least 15 minutes, until onions begin to caramelize.
• 3 add entire bottle of red wine, and simmer until wine is reduced to about half, about 15 minutes.
• 4 meanwhile, in a large stockpot, bring 1 l of water to a boil and add the 2 cubes of vegetarian beef flavoured stock.
• 5 add onions and wine to the stock in the pot, and simmer gently for another 15 or 20 minutes.
• 6 pour soup into onion soup bowls, top generously with sliced swiss cheese and set under the broiler for 2 minutes, or until cheese is light brown and bubbly.