I have adored French onion soup my entire life — the gooey cheese, the spongy stock-soaked bread, the hearty beefy onions. If it’s on the menu, I’m ordering it. I’ve sampled hundreds of versions, from ...
To properly mimic a French onion soup, Maroney recommends using Gruyère, but says that a basic Swiss or lacey Swiss cheese could be substituted too. "Cheddar could be ok, but it's not traditional," ...