Have you thought about making French Onion Soup from scratch but have been scared away by chopping and cooking all those onions? What if I told you that you don’t actually have to do any of that to get a fabulous soup? YUP! I have the solution and a giveaway to make it happen. You’re welcome. 🙂

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French Onion Soup from Scratch
A while back, I recieved a Bellini Kitchen Master to try out. Honestly, it’s been sitting in my kitchen for weeks collecting dust because #1, I was intimidated by it, and #2, I didn’t think I would like it, and #3, I’ve just been dang busy, you guys. Busy travel schedule, fourth quarter blogging craziness, and kid activities on steroids – it’s just been a bit much. I admit it.
But I knew I had to try that thing out because the company wants me to give one to a lucky reader!, and honestly, all of the excuses I just listed mean I REALLY need to use the Bellini that much more. Because it is seriously easy and does a great job as a kitchen helper, especially for the lazy cook like me. After perusing through the cookbooks that came with the machine, I finally decided to make French Onion Soup.

French Onion Soup is something my husband has been begging me to make for quite some time, but I never made it for him before. Honestly, the thought of chopping and cooking all of those onions just makes me cringe. But the Bellini promised minimal effort on my part, so it’s the recipe I chose. And boy was it easy! And Delicious!!!
To make this soup:

Peel and quarter onions and throw them with some butter into the Bellini. Chop them in the Bellini. (it takes 25 seconds). No crying. No running mascara. No hurting hands. Onion chopping bliss. 😀

Cook the chopped onion and the butter for an hour (not once do you have to stir them because the machine does it for you), add the liquids and herbs and cook again for 45 minutes.

Top with bread and cheese and melt in the oven. DONE! Restaurant quality French Onion Soup from scratch for seriously ridiculous lack of effort. WIN!
Now if you don’t have a Bellini, you can still make this recipe. Just chop those onions by hand, throw them in a pot and stir and stir and stir. Add the liquids, and stir and stir some more. Then top with bread and cheese, melt, and enjoy. Not a big deal to make this recipe even by hand, honestly. But the Bellini makes this recipe oh so easy.

By the way, you can cook this soup ahead of time and store it in your fridge for three days. You can also freeze it for up to six months. It’s my new favorite lunch recipe.
How about a printable recipe?
Yield: 4 servings
Effortless French Onion Soup Recipe {And giveaway…}
A rich, homemade, and EFFORTLESS French Onion Soup!
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
2 hours
Total Time
2 hours 5 minutes
Ingredients
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1/4 cup butter
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3 pounds Vidalia onions (about 4 medium), quarted
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1 teaspoon REAL Salt
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1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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1 tsp dried thyme
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2 bay leaves
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2 TBS unbleached white flour
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1 cup dry white wine
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4 cups homemade beef broth or good quality store-bought beef broth
For the bread
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1/2 loaf French bread
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garlic clove
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1 cup (or more) shredded Gruyere Cheese
Instructions
- Add butter and quartered onions to the Bellini and chop on speed 1 for 15 seconds. Make sure the lid is secured on your machine or it won't turn on.
- Turn the heat on to 100 C and cook for one hour on speed 1. Remove the measuring cap from the lid.
- Next add the wine, beef broth, spices, and flour, and cook 45 more minutes at 100 C on speed 1.
- While it's cooking, slice up a nice French bread, two pieces per bowl. Place in 400 degree oven and cook for 1 minute per side, until the bread is dry but not brown. Rub a garlic clove over one side of the bread and set aside.
- Once the Bellini has finished cooking, ladle soup into oven-safe bowls and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
- Top the soup with bread and shredded Gruyere cheese.
- Transfer baking sheet to oven and broil until cheese is melted and bubbling, 4 to 8 minutes.
- If you don't have oven safe bowls, you can put the bread on parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake in the oven, then top the soup with the bread.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 142Total Fat: 9gCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 12g
Curious about the Bellini by Cedarlane?
Effortless French Onion Soup Recipe {And giveaway…}
A rich, homemade, and EFFORTLESS French Onion Soup!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3 pounds Vidalia onions (about 4 medium), quarted
- 1 teaspoon REAL Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 TBS unbleached white flour
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 4 cups homemade beef broth or good quality store-bought beef broth
For the bread
- 1/2 loaf French bread
- garlic clove
- 1 cup (or more) shredded Gruyere Cheese
Instructions
- Add butter and quartered onions to the Bellini and chop on speed 1 for 15 seconds. Make sure the lid is secured on your machine or it won't turn on.
- Turn the heat on to 100 C and cook for one hour on speed 1. Remove the measuring cap from the lid.
- Next add the wine, beef broth, spices, and flour, and cook 45 more minutes at 100 C on speed 1.
- While it's cooking, slice up a nice French bread, two pieces per bowl. Place in 400 degree oven and cook for 1 minute per side, until the bread is dry but not brown. Rub a garlic clove over one side of the bread and set aside.
- Once the Bellini has finished cooking, ladle soup into oven-safe bowls and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
- Top the soup with bread and shredded Gruyere cheese.
- Transfer baking sheet to oven and broil until cheese is melted and bubbling, 4 to 8 minutes.
- If you don't have oven safe bowls, you can put the bread on parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake in the oven, then top the soup with the bread.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 142Total Fat: 9gCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 12g
This incredible machine mixes, blends, weighs, steams, stirs, whips, emulsifies, grinds, heats, cooks, chops AND kneads your freshest ingredients.It can even brew fresh coffee – although I haven’t tried that.
Following is a short video you can watch if you’d like to see it in action.
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Annette
Monday 19th of December 2016
I love that you can prep (chop, dice) and cook (steam) in the same unit. My countertop is small so I can't keep a lot out at once. This would solve that problem and could stay out the entire time.
Sharon Braswell
Monday 19th of December 2016
What intrigues me most about the Bellini is that the "Precise heating element enables you to simultaneously cook, fry and steam." Amazing machine!!
Terry Stevens
Monday 19th of December 2016
What intrigues me the most is all of the functions that this little kitchen machine does: chop, mince, whip, knead, blend stir and crush ice
Juile
Monday 19th of December 2016
I love that it steams food what an awesome little beast..
Rust
Monday 19th of December 2016
I am intrigued by the thermal blending feature. Looks like an amazing machine with so many uses.