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Onion Bread Soup with Sausage

A gratinée-style soup of slowly browned onions, white wine and rich broth, with crumbled sweet sausage, torn stale bread soaked in the bowl and a bubbling cap of sharp cheddar, finished with fresh horseradish.

  • YieldServes 6, in six 500 ml ovenproof bowls
  • Hands-on1 h 15 min
  • Total2 h 2 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 1 tbspextra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbspunsalted butter
  • 2.3 kgonions, 5 lb, a mix of yellow and red if possible, cut into 3 mm slices
  • 450 gsweet Italian sausage, 1 lb, bulk or casings removedoptional
  • 1 tbspkosher salt, plus more to taste
  • to tastefreshly ground black pepper, generous
  • 3 sprigsthyme, bushy
  • 1 leafbay leaf
  • 240 mldry, unoaked white wine, 1 cup
  • 1.9 Lrich meat or poultry broth, 8 cups; homemade if possible, or half low-sodium chicken and half beef
  • 3 slicesstale country bread, 2.5 cm thick, crusts on, each slice torn into 5 or 6 pieces
  • 200 gextra-sharp cheddar cheese, 2 cups, shredded
  • to tastefresh horseradish root, for grating over the top

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Celery
  • Sulfites
  • Wheat
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Horseradish
  • Fennel
  • Carrot
  • Thyme
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • Yeast
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Pork
  • Gelatin
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Tyramine
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Tender-braised
  • Brothy

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop
  • Dutch oven

Season

  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: low

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