Curfew Soup with Baguette Barricade
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TypeSoup
Serves4 people
DateOctober 19, 2026
French onion soup with baguette barricades, sharp and sour as a tense curfew night.
A spicy French onion soup with sharp and sour notes, served with diagonally sliced baguette pieces across the bowl like a curfew barricade. The baguette silhouette echoes the street blockades in French cities during the curfew.
Ingredients
- 4 large onions
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 liter beef stock
- 150 ml dry white wine
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 baguette
- 100 g grated Gruyère
- 1 tsp black pepper
- Salt to taste
Method
- Slice the onions into half rings and finely chop the garlic.
- Heat olive oil and butter in a large pot, sweat the onions on low heat for 20 minutes until golden brown.
- Add garlic, cook for 1 minute.
- Add sugar, white wine, and vinegar, reduce for 2 minutes.
- Pour in the stock, add bay leaf, simmer gently for 20 minutes.
- Season with pepper and salt.
- Slice the baguette diagonally into 8 large pieces.
- Lightly toast the baguette slices, sprinkle with Gruyère, and grill for 5 minutes until golden.
- Ladle the soup into bowls.
- Lay two diagonally cut baguette pieces crosswise over each bowl, like a barricade.
Serving notes
- Serve the soup hot, with the baguette pieces clearly forming a barrier.
- Sprinkle extra pepper over the baguette for added tension.