Okay, so you have to add your own onion and bread.....adding these fresh is a good thing. This is meant to be a starter mix of seasonings, not an add water and eat soup. The flavoring of this mix is excellent! I tried this out on friends and added homemade italian bread and sharp white cheddar cheese and we decided it was the best french onion soup ever! I have tried onion soups from MANY restaurants in search of the perfect french onion soup and have found ones equal, but none better than this combination. A friend who also tried this mix has worked at several high end restaurants and with our combination of bread and cheese, she said none of them can match the quality of our homemade soup! Yes, we could tinker with seasoning combinations to try to match Cugino's, but why bother when Cugino's has already put together the perfect blend.Okay, the sodium content is high, but most good french onion soups are. And I would agree with the other reviewer to double the amount of onions added because one onion is just not enough.
The proper bread and cheese do make a big difference for french onion soups, so don't skimp on quality there and you should be very pleased with this mix.
Matt's French Onion Soup
Serves: 2
Need two soup crock pots. Some will be left over and can be frozen in a vacuum bag for future usage.
1 box Cugino's Baked Burgundy French Onion Soup Mix
4 (1-ounce) slices of circular provolone cheese 2 should be slighly larger that the top of the crock pot's opening
4 slices bread
2 slices mozzarella cheese
1. Make the onion soup per the box direction except double the boil time to thicken the broth.
2. Meanwhile, place each bread slice on a cutting board.
3. Press and rotate the upside down open end of the crock onto the bread and rotate it to cut it into a circle the size of the crock pot opening.
4. Place one of the circular slices of bread into the bottom of each crock pot.
5. Place a slice of the smaller provolone cheese over the bread in each crock pot.
6. Place a slice of mozzarella cheese over the bread in each crock pot.
7. Ladle the soup mix while still very hot into each crock pot about 1/2 inch from the top.
8. Place the remaining slices of circular bread onto the top of each crock pot making sure the top is even with the top of the crock pot.
9. Place the remaining slices over the top of the crock pots.
10. Place the crock pots in the oven and broil until the top layer of provolone cheese is browned and toasty.
11. Serve immediately and enjoy after it's cool enough to eat! Yum yum! So tasty!Great soup mix. The instructions are easy to follow. Like one other reviewer mentioned, it could use a bit more onion then what is suggested but that's easy to fix.
The mix is a bit of the pricey side but I think it's well worth the price for the quality (and quantity) of soup you get.I've tried many french onion soup and soup mixes. Nothing compared to restaurant quality--until this! YUMMMY! It is my absolute favorite soup. I buy 4-5 packs whenever I'm lucky enough to see it in Walmart.I bought this for my mom along with the french soup mugs and she loved this, she is always looking for recipes on line but she really like this.
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