Lower GI French Onion Soup

French onion soups gets a healthy makeover with this terrific lower GI version.

The ingredient of Lower Gi French Onion Soup

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 4 large 650g brown onions halved thinly sliced
• 1 dried bay leaf
• 4 fresh thyme sprigs
• 2 tsp brown sugar
• 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp red wine
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 4 cups massel beef style liquid stock
• 1 4 cup pearl barley
• 1 4 cup grated reduced fat mozzarella cheese
• 1 tbsp finely grated parmesan cheese
• 4 slices wholegrain bread

The Instruction of lower gi french onion soup

• heat oil in a large heavy based saucepan over medium low heat cook onions stirring occasionally for 20 minutes or until softened add bay leaf thyme sugar vinegar and wine cook stirring occasionally for 10 minutes or until onions are browned and caramelised
• add garlic to onion mixture cook stirring for 2 minutes or until fragrant add stock barley and 2 1 2 cups cold water bring to the boil reduce heat to low simmer stirring occasionally for 30 minutes or until slightly thickened and reduced season with pepper remove and discard bay leaf and thyme
• make croutons preheat grill on medium high heat line a baking tray with foil combine cheeses in a bowl season with pepper using an 8cm round cutter cut 4 rounds from bread place rounds on prepared tray grill for 1 to 2 minutes or until light golden remove from grill turn bread over top with cheese mixture grill for 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is browned and melted
• serve soup with croutons

Nutritions of Lower Gi French Onion Soup

fatContent: 312 134 calories
saturatedFatContent: 9 1 grams fat
carbohydrateContent: 2 4 grams saturated fat
sugarContent: 35 3 grams carbohydrates
fibreContent: n a
proteinContent: n a
cholesterolContent: 17 7 grams protein
sodiumContent: 7 milligrams cholesterol

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