A delightful earthy soup that is rich and creamy yet still virtuously light on the digestive system.
Serve with a great big chunk of fresh bread topped with a great big dollop of butter just to balance things up a bit.
Balsamic Roast Onion Soup
1½lb of Onions
1½ pints of water, water & stock cube or stock
1 medium potato, peeled & diced
Balsamic vinegar
Oil, dripping or butter
½ teaspoon salt
Peel & chop onions into quarters. Pop in a roasting tin and brush with the melted butter or oil, then splash with the Balsamic vinegar. I probably used a couple of tablespoons of it over the onions (don’t worry if you haven’t cooked with this stuff before, your soup won’t taste vinegary – I promise!)
Roast gently, at about Gas 2/150c/300f for an hour to an hour & a half. The onions want to be juicy & browned, but not burnt. Cover with foil halfway through if they are looking too well done.
Meanwhile, cook the chopped potato in the water or stock, keeping a lid on to prevent the stock steaming off.
When the potato is soft and the onions are juicy, mix together in the saucepan & blitz with a stick blender, or let cool a little and tip into a jug blender. Whizz till fine and smooth.
Season with the salt, and a pinch of chilli powder wouldn’t hurt if you needed extra warming up.
Shared with; Wildcrafting Wednesday, Homestead Barn Hop
Mmmmmmmm lovely x
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Ooooh delicious! My kind of soup for sure. Roasting veggies makes them so much more wonderful!
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Yum! Thanks for sharing on Wildcrafting Wednesday! :)
Thanks Kathy, and thanks for taking the time to visit!
Janie x
This sounds really good…especially since I love onions! Thanks for the recipe…will be pinning this! :)
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Sounds delicious! Onion soup is helpful for fighting colds. I will try this.
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Thanks for stopping by
Janie x
Onion soup! And a really excellent recipe for it.
Always room in my bookmarks for an onion soup :)
Happy new year!
Why oh WHY do I go trawling for recipes when I am on a green smoothie week? This made me salivate to the max especially when I saw the “great big chunk of fresh bread” suggestion…no bread for me for a few more days but this soup is calling me. Cheers for sharing :)
Really? A whole week of nothing but smoothies?
Good luck!
sound good :)
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