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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
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• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat the butter and oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan. When the butter has melted, stir in the onions, cover, and cook slowly until translucent, about 5 minutes. | 2. Add the salt, garlic and sugar, letting the onions catch on the bottom of the pan, stirring frequently until they are golden in colour. Sprinkle the flour and cook slowly, stirring, for another 3 to 4 minutes. | 3. Remove from heat, allow to cool a moment, then whisk in 1 pint of the beef stock, the thyme and the bay leaf. | 4. When well blended, bring to the simmer, adding the rest of the stock, Cognac, Madeira and white wine and simmer very slowly for 1/2 an hour, adding a little water if the liquid reduces too much. Check for seasoning. | 5. Preheat the oven to 400°F Roll out the puff pastry and sprinkle with half the Gruyere cheese, fold into 3 and roll out again until it is half cm thick, then cut out 4-6 lids. | 6. Divide the soup among 4-6 ovenproof soup bowls. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top of soup and cover with the pastry lids with a little egg wash seal and bake the soup in the oven for 15 minutes or until the cheesy puff pastry is golden in colour and well risen. | 7. Serve immediately by breaking through the pastry which then doubles up as your crouton. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	4 1/2	ounces		727.1775	33.4119	22.7211	61.236000000000004
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
white onion	6		sliced	360.0	84.06	9.9	0.9
garlic clove	6		crushed	-	-	-	-
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
brown sugar	1/2	teaspoon	soft	3.3312	0.6251	0.1043	0.052000000000000005
flour	1	tablespoon		36.1425	7.9128	0.5876	0.1402
beef stock	1	quart		-	-	-	-
thyme	1	sprig		-	-	-	-
bay leaf	1			-	-	-	-
cognac	7	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
madeira wine	7	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
white wine	7	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
salt black pepper	1	pinch	ground	-	-	-	-
puff pastry	7	ounces		1107.351	90.6917	14.6853	76.4033
gruyere	9	ounces	grated	1053.7695	0.9185	76.0602	82.5155
egg yolk water	1		mixed	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.