Question 1

🥣Is there a difference between English onion soup and French onion soup?

Accepted Answer

The main difference between English onion soup and French onion soup is in the choice of bread. While for the French onion soup, you use French baguette bread. For the English onion soup, you can choose any type of bread.
However, there are slight differences regarding some other ingredients like fresh herbs - the French onion soup is made with thyme while the English onion soup is made with sage. The latter has Worcestershire sauce, and the French onion soup has wine or sherry. Lastly, French onion soup is made with red and/or yellow onion, but you need a combination of red and white onions, shallots, and leeks for the English onion soup.

Question 2

🥣What is the best type of onion for French onion soup?

Accepted Answer

The best type of onion for French onion soup is sweet onions, such as Vidalia. Other great alternatives are red and yellow onions.

Question 3

🥣What kind of alcohol is in French onion soup?

Accepted Answer

Classic French onion soup is made with dry red or white wine or dry sherry. Other alternatives are Vermouth or Cognac.

Question 4

🥣Why do they call it French onion soup?

Accepted Answer

One theory is because the French decided it's best to use caramelized onions for the onion soup. The others are regarding the invention of the French onion soup, attributed either to King Louis XV or Stanislas Leszczynski, duke of Lorraine.

Question 5

🥣Is French onion soup a French dish?

Accepted Answer

Though onion soup originated in Ancient Roman times, the modern version of the soup is made in the 18th Century in Paris, France.

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