Onion Soup with Spiced Gouda Gratin Recipe

Ingredients

Ingredients	Weight	Measure
TABASCO® brand Original Red Sauce	2 oz.	---
TABASCO® brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce	1 oz.	---
Unsalted butter	1/2 lb.	---
Red onion, sliced	---	2 ea.
White onion, sliced	---	1/4 bunch
Garlic cloves, minced	---	2 ea.
Bay leaves	---	2 ea.
Aged sherry vinegar	---	2 cups
Chicken stock	---	2 qt.
Baguette	---	1 ea.
Gouda cheese slices	---	8 ea.

Preparation

In a pot over medium heat, place butter. Add red and white onions and thyme; sweat onions until completely translucent; once cooked, add garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Add bay leaves and sherry vinegar.

Allow sherry vinegar to reduce by half. Add TABASCO® Original Red Sauce and chicken stock; reduce for 20 minutes.

Slice baguette on a bias into four slices long enough to cover the top of your serving bowls. Drizzle slices with equal amounts of TABASCO® Chipotle Sauce; place two slices of Gouda over the top of each baguette slice; place in oven to melt cheese.

Ladle soup into four bowls; place one cheese-topped baguette onto each bowl.