Onion Cheese Bisque Recipes

CARAMELIZED GARLIC-ONION BISQUE

Steps:

• Melt oil and butter in a large heavy pot over moderately low heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and caramelized, 10 to 12 minutes. Add onions and shallots and cook, stirring frequently, until onions are softened, about 10 minutes. Stir in potato, vinegar, and rosemary. Increase heat to high and sauté), stirring, for 2 minutes. Add broth and bring to a boil, then simmer, uncovered, until vegetables are very soft, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Purée soup in 3 batches in blender (use caution when blending hot liquids) until very smooth. Stir in cream and buttermilk and season with salt and white pepper. Serve hot.

LEEK ONION BISQUE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large soup pot and saute the chopped leeks, celery, onion, and garlic in the butter until tender.
• Add the chicken broth, apple juice, salt and white pepper.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, blend using an immersion blender/blender/food processor.
• Add the cream cheese and heavy cream and blend thoroughly.
• Bring back to a light simmer before serving.

CROCK POT CARAMELIZED ONIONS, BEER & CHEESE BISQUE

Steps:

• 1. I use a food processor to slice my onions, but of course you can do it manually if you don't cry over onions. Anyway, thinly slice the onions and place them in a large crock pot, add water and drizzle onions with 4 tablespoons of the olive oil. Put a lid on the crock pot, turn to high and cook for 8 hours to caramelize the onions slices. They should be stirred occasionally.
• 2. Place butter in a medium sized sauce pan over medium-high heat and add in celery and potatoes and saute until tender stirring occasionally for 12 minutes. Add in the garlic and allow to cook for 2 minutes longer. Sprinkle the vegetables with the flour as you stir around to coat well. Add 2 cups of the beef stock and stir until smooth gravy appears. Remove from stove top and pour vegetable-gravy into the crock pot along with the remaining beef stock and beer. Stir well.
• 3. Season mixture by adding in bay leaves, cayenne pepper, sugar, salt and pepper. Adjust seasonings to your taste likings.
• 4. Put the lid back on crock pot and allow to heat through and marry the flavors for 1 hour on high setting, stirring at 30 minutes.
• 5. Add in heavy cream and grated cheeses gradually as you stir and they melt into the soup. Put the lid back on the crock pot and allow to simmer for 1 hour, but do not allow it to boil. If the crock pot is too hot, lower the heat and extend the cook time for 30 more minutes at low.
• 6. Preheat Oven to BROIL. Place slices of French bread on a baking sheet. Brush each side of each slice with the remainder of the olive oil. Place about 4 inches below the broiler element allowing them to broil until golden brown. Turn the slices over and allow the other side to broil to a nice golden brown. Remove for oven and set aside.
• 7. When ready to serve, stir in Calvados brandy and ladle a serving into a ovenproof bowl. Place filled bowls on a baking sheet and place in the oven under the broiler and broil until soup is bubbly. Remove from oven and place 2 slices of the toasted French bread on top of each filled bowl of soup and cover entire bread slice and most of the soup mixture with thin ribbons of the Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Place bowls back in the oven and broil until cheese is melted and bubbly and begins to turn golden brown. This takes about 3 minutes but it depends on your oven as to how fast it will broil. I set mine to a high level on my stove control settings.
• 8. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve hot along with extra slices of toasted French bread.

GARLICKY CHEDDAR CHEESE BISQUE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat butter and oil over medium heat. Add vegetables, salt and pepper; cook and stir 7-8 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook 1-2 minutes longer., Stir in broth and wine; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 15-20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix cornstarch and water until smooth., Process soup in batches in a food processor until smooth. Return all to pan. Stir in evaporated milk and cornstarch mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until thickened and bubbly, stirring frequently. Add cheese; cook and stir until cheese is blended. Top servings with crushed pita chips and parsley.

CARAMELIZED ONION & ROASTED GARLIC BISQUE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Remove the papery outer skin from garlic, but do not peel or separate cloves.
• Rub 1-1/2 tsps oil over garlic head; wrap in foil and bake for one hour.
• Let cool ten minutes; separate cloves and squeeze to extract garlic pulp.
• Set pulp aside.
• Heat remaining oil in a pot over medium heat; add onions and leeks and cook for 30 minutes, stirring often.
• Add 1/2 tsp salt and thyme; cook an additional 30 minutes or until onions are golden.
• Stir in flour; add wine and broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes.
• Add garlic pulp, remaining salt and milk to onion mixture.
• Simmer 8 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
• Place half of the mixture in the blender and process until smooth; pour into a soup tureen or another pot and repeat with second half of mixture.
• Garnish with sour cream and toasted caraway seeds (optional).