French Onion Soup (esque)

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Making up a French Onion Soup recipe that I want to try in the next week or so. :-)
Behold! :-)


Ingredients

1.5 C duck stock
0.5 C red wine
1 tbsp sesame oil
2 tsp balsamic vinegar
2 tsp maple syrup
1 tsp tamari (or miso paste, turned into a slurry with some water)

1 large onion, halved and sliced into thin rounds
3 garlic scapes, chopped into 1cm lengths
3 baby carrots, very thinly sliced into rounds (optional)

pinch each: black pepper, thyme,
1 bay leaf


Two (very thin) slices of dense, rye bread
Butter

Grated cheese (gruyere is, I think, traditional - but you could also use mozzerella or cheddar)


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Directions
Put all the liquid ingredients, plus the seasonings, into a soup pot and whisk together with a fork or something

Prep the veggies (what few there are), and add them to the soup pot

Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat

Simmer the hell out of everything for about 20 minutes

During this time, toast your slices of bread, butter them, and cut them into quarters

Grate the cheese (about 1 C, total, but you can make due with less)

Ladel the finished soup into bowls, top with buttered toast quarters, and sprinkle generously with cheese

Find some way to melt the cheese. You could put it under a broiler if you've got the right kind of dishes. You could set a plate on top of each bowl and let the heat of the soup melt the cheese. You could hit it with a kitchen blow-torch to brown it up a bit as it melts. Lots of options.

Serve and enjoy. :-D