Braised French onions with cheesy toasts

Name: Braised French onions with cheesy toasts
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 8 small brown pickling onions, halved; 50g butter, chopped; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 10g sliced porcini mushrooms; 1½ cups (375ml) beef stock, warmed; ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce; 6 sprigs thyme; 8 slices crusty bread; 2 tbsp store-bought horseradish cream; 1 cup grated gruyere; 1 cup grated mozzarella

Jessica Brook

May 18, 2023

Sweet roasted onions with cheesy horseradish toasts.James Moffatt

easyTime:30 mins - 1 hourServes:4

French onion soup, but make it a traybake, and mop up the juices with cheesy toasts.

Ingredients

8 small brown pickling onions, halved
50g butter, chopped
2 tbsp brown sugar
10g sliced porcini mushrooms
1½ cups (375ml) beef stock, warmed
¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
6 sprigs thyme
8 slices crusty bread
2 tbsp store-bought horseradish cream
1 cup grated gruyere
1 cup grated mozzarella

Method

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180C fan-forced (200C conventional). Combine the onions, cut side down, with the butter, sugar, mushrooms, stock, Worcestershire sauce and thyme in a roasting dish and cook in the oven for 15 minutes.
Step 2
Remove the dish from the oven and carefully turn the onions. Return to the oven, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until golden and tender. Set aside.
Step 3
For the toasts, preheat the grill to high. Spread the cut side of the bread with horseradish cream. Mix the two cheeses together and sprinkle over. Transfer the slices to a large oven tray and place under the grill for 2 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbling and golden. Serve the onions with the cheesy toasts.