Tropea onion soup: an exceptional comfort food!

Tropea onion soup: the recipe for the delicious soup typical of Calabrian cuisine based on onions (and with an unmistakable taste)!

Usually when you think of onions you always turn up your nose a little, is it because cleaning them is always a challenge and you often don't know how to cook them? The Tropea onion soup is a first course with an aromatic taste and perfect for the evenings when the cold starts to dominate.

The Tropea onions, characterized by a sweet taste, are an excellent ingredient, but the real extra touch is the addition of bread and caciotta cheese on the bottom of the dish: a real treat. Here are all the steps for preparing Tropea onion soup!

Preparation of Tropea onion soup

1. First, peel the onions and cut them into thin strips .
2. Soften the Tropea onions in a pan with a little oil, add the wine and let the liquid evaporate. If necessary, you can wet the onions with a ladle of water to prevent them from burning.
3. When the onions are well cooked, add the flour and broth.
4. Stir and cook for 25-30 minutes .
5. A few minutes before the end of cooking , toast the slices of bread in a pan or in the oven for a few minutes.
6. After cooking the soup, add salt and turn off the heat.
7. Arrange a slice of toasted bread on the bottom of each plate, arrange a slice of caciotta on top and pour the soup. Finish with a sprinkling of pecorino cheese, another slice of bread (or two) and serve, enjoy your meal!

Don't forget, though: this recipe shouldn't be confused with French onion soup .

To learn more about this food, we leave you all our recipes with onions . If you can't get enough , here are all our soup recipes too!

storage

We recommend keeping the soup in the fridge, for a maximum of 1-2 days , inside a special container with a lid. We do not recommend freezing.

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