Recipe Whisky braised onions with eggs

[Morning Glory]

Imagine a very, very thick French onion soup with baked eggs. The fried bread snippets are essential. The onions take forever to cook but you don’t need to stand over them. Otherwise, its an easy dish to make. This recipe can serve two using smaller individual dishes for the final baking. I used one 20cm skillet.

Ingredients (serves 1-2)
2 very large onions (or three medium)
1 tbsp oil
75ml whisky
1 tbsp flour
300ml beef stock
1 tsp finely chopped fresh rosemary leaves (plus a little to serve)
3- 4 eggs
30g Gruyere cheese, grated
Fried bread snippets

Method

1. Peel the onions and slice fairly thinly.
2. Using a large, preferably non stick chefs pan or frying pan, heat the oil. Add the onions.
3. Cook over a low heat until the onions are completely caramelised, turning and stirring from time to time. This may take 30 minutes or more.
4. Add the whisky and cook for a few minutes. Add the flour, stirring well and cook for a further few minutes.
5. Add the beef stock and rosemary and stir. Simmer gently for15 minutes or until the mixture reduces and thickens. It should not look like soup!
6. Add salt to taste.
7. Heat the oven to 180C. Place the onion mixture in a skillet or two smaller baking dishes.
8. Make indentations in the onion mixture and break in the eggs.
9. Bake for 20 minutes or until the egg whites are set. Sprinkle the grated cheese over and continue to cook until it melts.
10. Garnish with a little chopped fresh rosemary and serve with the fried bread snippets.

 

[Barriehie]

No preliminary splash of whiskey to get started?

 

[Gone Hiking]

This looks amazing. My wife LOVES French onion soup, so I will definitely try this. Thank you. Your photography skills are always impeccable, as well.

 

[Barriehie]

Awesome looking MG! Pepper will take an extra egg please.

 

[Morning Glory]

This looks amazing. My wife LOVES French onion soup, so I will definitely try this. Thank you. Your photography skills are always impeccable, as well.

Thanks. You know its strange but I almost thought I'd messed up the photos. There's a fine line between rustic and messy!

 

[Morning Glory]

Awesome looking MG! Pepper will take an extra egg please.

Thankyou. I will have to cook Pepper's eggs seperately since onions are highly toxic for dogs.

Dogs quite like raw eggs in my experience.

 

[greencooker]

Imagine a very, very thick French onion soup with baked eggs. The fried bread snippets are essential. The onions take forever to cook but you don’t need to stand over them. Otherwise, its an easy dish to make. This recipe can serve two using smaller individual dishes for the final baking. I used one 20cm skillet.

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Ingredients (serves 1-2)
2 very large onions (or three medium)
1 tbsp oil
75ml whisky
1 tbsp flour
300ml beef stock
1 tsp finely chopped fresh rosemary leaves (plus a little to serve)
3- 4 eggs
30g Gruyere cheese, grated
Fried bread snippets

Method

1. Peel the onions and slice fairly thinly.
2. Using a large, preferably non stick chefs pan or frying pan, heat the oil. Add the onions.
3. Cook over a low heat until the onions are completely caramelised, turning and stirring from time to time. This may take 30 minutes or more.
4. Add the whisky and cook for a few minutes. Add the flour, stirring well and cook for a further few minutes.
5. Add the beef stock and rosemary and stir. Simmer gently for15 minutes or until the mixture reduces and thickens. It should not look like soup!
6. Add salt to taste.
7. Heat the oven to 180C. Place the onion mixture in a skillet or two smaller baking dishes.
8. Make indentations in the onion mixture and break in the eggs.
9. Bake for 20 minutes or until the egg whites are set. Sprinkle the grated cheese over and continue to cook until it melts.
10. Garnish with a little chopped fresh rosemary and serve with the fried bread snippets.

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Looks like french onion soup leveled up,thanks for sharing.

 

[Barriehie]

Thankyou. I will have to cook Pepper's eggs seperately since onions are highly toxic for dogs.

Dogs quite like raw eggs in my experience.

You are correct. She likes hers with a bit of cheese...