How to Make Tuscan Onion Soup

Tuscan Onion Soup with Shim Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes Ingredients 4 large onions 3 cloves chopped garlic ¼ lb pancetta or bacon 3¼ cup chicken stock 2 tbsp olive oil Grated parmesan cheese Croutons Cheddar cheese Salt and pepper Hi! We’re going to slice four onions into rather thin rings. You don’t want them too thick. We’re going to chop three garlic cloves. We’re going to take our pancetta which is an Italian ham, very similar to bacon. What we want to do is we want to cube that. After we got our pancetta cubed, you want to add it to a pan and we’re going to dry-fry this. You’re not going to add any other sauces to it. I just want to brown the pancetta here. We’re just going to turn it around and make sure everything gets cooked. We’re going to add the onions, the garlic and the olive into a pot. I’m going to put in about two tablespoons of olive oil. As our onions are cooking, you want to stir them around to make sure everything gets evenly cooked. We’re going to cover this and cook it for about 15 minutes on a low heat. It’s been about 15 minutes. We’ve checked out onions every few minutes. See how these are nice and caramelize? It means they’re good to go. What we’re going to do now is we’re going to add three and quarter cups of chicken stock. Just pour that right in there, mix it up a little bit. We want to bring this to a boil and then we’re going to reduce the heat and let it simmer for about 10 minutes. I’ll give it a check. Now, we’re going to come back to our pancetta which we set out. We’re going to add that in. I’m just going to scoop it all in there and a good stir. We’ve let it cool for about 5 minutes, so now we can serve it out into your soup bowl. You can season to taste. We’re going to add a little bit of pepper and then a little bit of salt. I’m going to add a little bit of parmesan. We’re going to add some croutons. You can use any type of croutons you want and then we’re going to top it off with a sharp cheddar cheese. There we go and now, it’s good to try. It’s scrumptious.