Easy Make Delicious French Onion Soup with Parmesan/Mozzarella Croutons

French Onion Soup with Parmesan/Mozzarella Croutons.

To make French Onion Soup with Parmesan/Mozzarella Croutons you need 15 ingredients and just 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients

1. Prepare of yellow onions, finely sliced.
2. It's of red onions, finely sliced.
3. It's of leek, finely sliced and washed.
4. It's of garlic, minced.
5. It's of butter.
6. Prepare of olive or avocado oil.
7. It's of dried bay leaf.
8. It's of good quality unsalted beef stock.
9. You need of red wine.
10. It's of apple cider vinegar.
11. Prepare of grated mozzarella & parmesan to serve.
12. It's of salt (to taste).
13. It's of ground pepper (to taste).
14. Prepare of French stick, sliced thickly diagonally.
15. You need of grated cheddar and Parmesan.

French Onion Soup with Parmesan/Mozzarella Croutons instructions

1. Slice all onions and leeks..
2. Heat a large heavy base on high heat and melt the butter and add olive oil. Add onions and leek. Turn the heat down and sweat down onions slowly for around half an hour. Stir occasionally, and keep the lid so that it 3/4 covers pot, allowing steam to escape..
3. Do not rush it! That may result the onions to burn. Rather have the onions caramelized which will give the soup a nice dark brown color. It may even take an hour..
4. Once the onions are done, add garlic, bay leaf, salt and pepper..
5. Deglaze pot with wine and vinegar. Add stock. Bring to the boil - reduce heat and simmer for a further 1/2 hour. Check and adjust seasoning if needed..
6. Now to get croutons ready. Heat oven to 160*C. Slice French stick. Grate mozzarella and Parmesan over bread. Grate extra cheese to add to soup..
7. Bake until golden brown an cheese has melted. Remove and set aside..
8. Serve soup in a bowl with a sprinkle of cheese and top with croutons. Yum!.