It will help with the crying if your knife is very sharp, otherwise put a little bit of dry bread in your mouth while you do it.Ģ) Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven or sauce pan. ½ of a day old baguette, sliced on diagonal into 1.5 cm croutonsġ40 grams of Gruyère, finely grated, rinds reservedġ) Peel and thinly slice the onions into half moons. Though, if for some reason at the end of 158 minutes with The Miserable Ones you remain untouched by Fantine’s toothless plight, then slicing 700 grams of onions should go some way to bringing on the tears.ġ.4 litres beef stock (you could substitute vegetable if you wanted a vegetarian version)

This is the sort of soup that’s there for both celebrations and commiserations, whether you’re the master of the house, or contemplating empty chairs at empty tables. Nb for those who are hard of hearing, it might be worth clarifying that the cheese is pronounced Gruyere, not Javert, though feel free to shout either as loudly and as often as you feel is necessary. And on the top you’ll find floating castles of croutons, festooned with clouds of grated cheese. It’s warming for hands that have been sent to the darkness on their own. It’s soothing for throats strained from singing the songs of angry men. At the end of the day, this is a Gallic soup for poverty, leaning heavily on the thrift of onions, broth and hunks of stale bread. My sister’s child was close to death, and we were starving… (Jean Valjean)Īnd so it begins.

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