French Onion soup in a MAK'd Bread Bowl

Chili Head

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Today I did a french onion soup in a bread bowl baked in the MAK.

I made some bread bowls from an italian bread recipe that we like. I used soup crocs for molds and baked them in the MAK at 400º for 30 minutes.

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After 30 minutes they were done.

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Time to make the soup. I started off by smoking the onions for an hour using oak.

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Once the onions were done getting some smoke I chopped them up and added them to a couple table spoons of EVOO and 1/2 cup of butter and sauteed them.

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Once cooked down some I added a little red wine, salt and pepper and 1 teaspoon of dried thyme.

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Next I added 5 cups of beef broth and let it simmer for 30 minutes.

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While the soup simmered I made some croutons for the soup.

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OK lets make some bowls! I cut out the center and mashed down the bread inside the bowl to help hold in the soup. I cut a cap to size from the crouton I made.

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continued..
 

Chili Head

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Fill the bowl with soup, top it with a crouton and some smoked provolone cheese. I put the filled soup bowl back into the MAK to melt the cheese.

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I figured melting the cheese in the MAK would take too long and the soup would soften the bread too much to get it off the MAK safely so I ended up putting it under the broiler to melt the cheese.

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This was the perfect lunch! And my first time making french onion soup. I cant believe it was so simple! The soup was savory,cheesey and really good! And in the bread bowl it was very filling!
 

sparky

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that is so cool chili. really, really like it alot. bravo my friend. i love french onion soup.
 

ACW3

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Chili, I love it! We love French onion soup around here. Making your own bowls is even better. That's one of the things I love about this site. More and more ideas about using my MAK. What an inspirational cook!

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