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French Onion Pasta

Name: French Onion Pasta
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French, Italian
Ingredients: 6 yellow onions; 400 g cavatappi pasta; 150 g Gruyere cheese; 500 ml beef broth; 120 ml dry white wine; 60 g butter; 2 tbsp olive oil; 4 sprigs fresh thyme; 3 cloves garlic; 2 tbsp flour; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tsp salt; ½ tsp black pepper

Allow about 1 hr for this French pasta dish, which makes 4 servings. Yellow onions, cavatappi pasta and Gruyere cheese carry the flavour. The cooking is mostly simmering. It is vegetarian. Each serving has about 640 calories and 22 g of protein.

French Onion Pasta, plated (AI-generated illustration)

Total time: 1 hr
Servings: 4
Difficulty: Medium
Calories: 640 kcal

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Ingredients

For 4 servings

6yellow onions
400 gcavatappi pasta
150 gGruyere cheese
500 mlbeef broth
120 mldry white wine
60 gbutter
2 tbspolive oil
4 sprigsfresh thyme
3 clovesgarlic
2 tbspflour
1 tspsugar
1 tspsalt
½ tspblack pepper

Instructions

Thinly slice the yellow onions. Melt the butter with olive oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the onions, sugar and salt.
Cook the onions, stirring every 5 minutes, for 35-40 minutes until deeply caramelized and jammy.
Mince the garlic and add to the onions with fresh thyme leaves stripped from sprigs. Cook 1 minute, then sprinkle flour over and stir for 1 minute.
Deglaze with dry white wine, scraping up any browned bits, then pour in beef broth. Bring to a simmer and add the cavatappi pasta. Cook 10-12 minutes, stirring often, until pasta is tender and sauce is creamy.
Off heat, grate in the Gruyere cheese and stir until melted. Season with black pepper.

Cook’s notes

Do not rush the onions: the 35 to 40 minutes over medium-low heat is what gives the dish its sweet, deep flavour. If they start to catch, add a splash of water. Swiss cheese or Comté work if you cannot find Gruyere.

Nutrition per serving

Calories: 640 kcal
Protein: 22 g
Fat: 28 g
Carbs: 76 g

Approximate values for one serving.

About this recipe

Cuisine: French, Italian
Dish type: Pasta
Diet: vegetarian
In cookbook: Viral & Internet-Famous