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French Onion Soup with Vegan Gruyere Cheese

French Onion Soup with Vegan Gruyere Cheese is built on Onions Sliced, Water, Garlic Minced, T Nutritional Yeast, and T Dry White Wine Or Dry Sherry. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredients

• 3
• 1/2 cup
• 3 clove
• 7 1/2 cup
• 1/3 cup
• 2 1/2
• 2
• 1
• 1/4
• 1/4
• 1/4

Method (preview)

1. 1

   To make the soup itself, cook the first three ingredients in a large pot over medium-low heat for 45 minutes (or until the onions are tender).

2. 2

   Add more water if the onions begin to stick.

3. 3

   Stir in the next 9 ingredients to complete the broth.

4. 4

   Bring up to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

5. 5

   To make the Gruyere cheese topping, place the next 8 ingredients in a food processor or blender, and process until completely smooth.

6. 6

   Pour into a small saucepan and cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sauce is smooth and thick. Cover and set aside.

7. 7

   Get out six soup bowls and place a piece of french bread (toasted) in the bottom of each.

8. 8

   Ladle the soup in, over the bread.

9. 9

   Top each bowl with several spoonfuls of the Gruyere cheese mixture, and sprinkle with a little nutritional yeast.

10. 10

    Serve immediately.

11. 11

    Alternately, you can spread each of the toast slices with a thick helping of the cheese sauce, sprinkle them with a little nutritional yeast, and then float them atop the soup in each bowl.

12. 12

    1 t prepared horseradish (simmered with broth for last 5 minutes) toasted and pulverized almonds (sprinkled on top with the yeast)