Onion soup with apple cider
Autumn is often a time of cold, grey weather. Fortunately it is also apple harvest time, and the season for keeping warm with comforting food and drinks. Enjoy reassuring recipes for body and soul featuring Green Mountain Hot Apple Cider Mix in K-Cup pods for the Keurig system, which combine fall pleasures to perfection.
Yields: 6 servings
Ingredients:
• 1.5 kg (3 lb) onions, thinly sliced
• 2 shallots
• 60 mL (4 tbsp) olive oil
• 1 Green Mountain hot apple cider mix K-Cup pod
• 1 L (4 cups) beef broth
• 1 L (4 cups) chicken broth
• 15 mL (1 tbsp) dried thyme
• 6 slices Parisian bread
• 750 mL (3 cups) Emmental cheese, grated
• Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
1. In a saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat, add onions and shallots and stir. Cook for approximately 20 minutes or until the onions are caramelized. Lower heat as required.
2. Brew 125 mL (4 oz) of Green Mountain hot apple cider.
3. Deglaze onions and shallots with the Green Mountain hot apple cider. Make sure you scrape the juices from the saucepan.
4. Add broth, thyme, salt and pepper. Reduce heat and let simmer for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, place the slices of bread on a baking sheet and put it in the oven at 200 °C (400°F) for about 10 minutes.
5. Pour the soup into 6 bowls. Add a slice of bread and grated cheese to each; then broil.
Hot apple cider with dark rum
Ingredients:
• 30 mL (1 oz) dark rum
• 1 Green Mountain hot apple cider mix K-Cup pod
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Apple slices to decorate
Directions:
1. Brew 250 mL (8 oz) of Green Mountain hot apple cider.
2. Pour the dark rum in the hot apple cider.
3. Place a cinnamon stick and apple slices in the mug to decorate.
Find more information on the Hot Apple Cider Mix online at keurig.ca.
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