John’s Onion Soup

Ingredients – Serves 6 People

  • 6 Large Onion
  • 1 Packet of Knorr Oxtail Soup (powdered)
  • 3 Pints of Water
  • 1/2 Bottle Red Wine – cheap stuff
  • 2 Tbsp of Sugar
  • 50gms Butter
  • 2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 2 Cloves of Garlic

Peel and slice the onions and chop the garlic cloves.
Melt the butter and the olive oil in a large pot.
Add the onions and the garlic and brown over medium heat for 10 minutes.
Add the sugar and caremalise the onions.
Then add the packet of oxtail soup and stir into the onions.
The mixture will thicken similar to a rouxe in the pan.
Add the water slowly to bring to a soup like consistancy.
Add the 1/2 bottle of red wine.