Ingredients
- 12 peppercorns
- 7 onions
- 5 anise seeds
- 5 celery
- 1 pepper
- 1 nbsp
- 3,800 ml water
- 1,400 ml beef stock
- 1,100 gr beef bones
- 50 ml low sodium soy sauce
- 45 ml sherry
- 40 gr parmesan cheese
- 14 gr butter
- 8 gr flour
French onion Soup: In a large heavy-gauge soup pot saute the onions, dry, for about 2 minutes. When the bottom of the pot begins to brown, add the sherry and continue to saute the onions for 4 more minutes. Move the onions to a side, and melt the margarine in the pot. Sprinkle the flour over the margarine and stir the margarine-flour mixture. Slowly add 1 cup of the beef broth into the margarine-flour mixture, stirring as mixture thickens slightly. Combine the liquid with the cooked onions. Add the remaining 5 cups of the stock, soy sauce, and pepper, and simmer for 15 minutes.
Serve with 1 tb of grated parmesan cheese.
YIELD: Makes 8 ( 0.75-cup) servings.
Per Serving: 74 cals, 4.5gm protein, 1.8gm total fat, 9gm carbo, 0mg chol, 1.7gm fiber, 320mg sodium, 34mg calcium. Exchanges per serving: 0.75 meat -1.5 vegetable
beef stock: In an 8 litre stock pot combine all the ingredients and simmer for 1.5 hours, uncovered. Strain through a colander.
YIELD:Makes about 2.5 qts.
Per Serving: 16 cals, 3.6gm protein, 0gm total fat, 0gm carbo, 0mg chol, 0gm fiber, 65mg sodium, 0.3mg calcium Exchanges: one third meat
