Unbelievable Onion Garlic Soup With Cheese Crisps Food

UNBELIEVABLE CHEESE CRISPS

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients.
• Melt butter and stir in, working with hands to make a soft dough.
• Form into 1 inch balls.
• Place on an UNGREASED cookie sheet.
• Bake 10-12 mins 350°F.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

ROASTED GARLIC SOUP WITH PARMESAN CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place 26 garlic cloves in small glass baking dish. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper; toss to coat. Cover baking dish tightly with foil and bake until garlic is golden brown and tender, about 45 minutes. Cool. Squeeze garlic between fingertips to release cloves. Transfer cloves to small bowl.
• Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onions and thyme and cook until onions are translucent, about 6 minutes. Add roasted garlic and 18 raw garlic cloves and cook 3 minutes. Add chicken stock; cover and simmer until garlic is very tender, about 20 minutes. Working in batches, purée soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to saucepan; add cream and bring to simmer. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat, stirring occasionally.)
• Divide grated cheese among 4 bowls and ladle soup over. Squeeze juice of 1 lemon wedge into each bowl and serve.

LOW-FAT ROASTED ONION-GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Set oven rack at lowest level, preheat to 450 degrees.
• Combine onions, shallots, garlic and oil in large shallow roasting pan. Roast for 20 to 30 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes, or until onions are golden brown.
• Remove from oven and pour in 1 cup of chicken broth. Stir liquid in pan, scraping the bottom to loosen and dissolve caramelized bits.
• Transfer the onion mixture to a soup pot and add brandy, thyme and remaining broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Serve topped with Parmesan and perhaps some toasted French bread

ONION-GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in large pot over medium heat.
• Add onions and garlic; cover and cook until onions are tender but not brown, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
• Add flour; stir 2 minutes.
• Add broth, half and half, Sherry, thyme and bay leaf; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer uncovered until garlic is very tender, about 15 minutes.
• Discard bay leaf.
• Working in batches, puree soup with bread in blender until smooth.
• Return to pot.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Rewarm soup over medium heat; serve.

CHEESE CRISPS

Steps:

• Cream cheese and butter.
• Add flour, salt and pepper.
• Mix well.
• Stir in pecans.
• Flour hands and shape into 2 rolls, 1" in diameter.
• Wrap in wax paper and chill overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Slice thin and bake for 10 minutes on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Cool.
• Makes 70.

ONION SOUP WITH HERBY GARLIC CHEESE BREAD

Steps:

• Melt 1 tbsp of the butter in a medium saucepan. Add the onions, stir well, then cover and gently cook, stirring occasionally, for about 15 mins - they should be really soft but not browned. Add half the garlic, increase the heat and cook for 5 mins more, adding a splash of stock if the onions start to stick - they should brown a little now.
• Stir in the flour and chutney, and cook for 1-2 mins, then pour over most of the stock and simmer while you make the garlic bread. Mix the rest of the butter and garlic with half the parsley. Season.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Cut each baguette into about 6 slices, but don't go all the way through. Add a little of the butter mixture and some mozzarella into each cut, then push back together to seal. Wrap in a double layer of foil. Bake for 10-15 mins, until the butter is melted. Season the soup, adding remaining stock if required. Serve with garlic bread.

ROASTED ONION PASTA SALAD WITH PEPPERED CHEESE CRISPS

Steps:

• Drizzle onion strips with oil in a 9 inch square pan,sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Toss well.
• Bake onion at 450 degree for 20 minutes and set aside.
• Drain artichoke hearts,reserving 3 tablespoons liquid.
• Stir together mayo,remaining salt and pepper,reserved artichoke liquid,and lemon juice.
• Toss with onion,artichoke hearts,pasta and next 4 ingredients.
• Cover and chill.
• Arrange asparagus spears and tomatoe slices around a large serving platter.
• Spoon pasta mixture in center of platter.
• Sprinkle with blue cheese,and serve with peppered cheese crisps.
• Peppered Cheese Crisps directions--.
• Cut each pita into 6 wedges and seperate.
• Stir together mayo and next 3 ingredients,spread mixture evenly over wedges.
• Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or till edges are browned.

CURRIED PARSNIP AND APPLE SOUP WITH PARSNIP CRISPS

Steps:

• Heat a small frying pan and dry roast the coriander, cumin and cardomom seeds for 2-3 minutes.
• Remove them and crush them finely with a pestle and mortar.
• Next, heat the butter and oil in a saucepan until the butter begins to foam.
• Add the onions and gently soften for about 5 minutes.
• Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add the crushed spices along with the turmeric, cayenne and ginger.
• Stir and cook gently for 5 more minutes.
• Add the parsmips and stir in the stock.
• Add salt and pepper and simmer gently for 1 hour without putting on a lid.
• Then liquidise.
• For the parsnip crisps.
• peel and finely slice the parsnip.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan until it is very hot.
• fry the parsnip in batches until they are golden brown 2-3 minutes.
• remove them with a slotted spoon, and put them on kitchen paper to drain.
• Serve on the heated soup.