This smells like those rare times when you were a kid and got that you were loved and you already finished your homework and those things happened on the same night.
Your chances of finding a meat-free French onion soup at a restaurant are next to nil. But at home, a handful of dried porcini mushrooms steeped in hot water creates a full-flavoured broth that still lets the flavour of the onions shine through.
French onion soup doesn't call for much more than its star ingredient, and this simple (vegetarian) onion and fennel soup is delightful, if i do say so myself!
This recipe is particularly special to me because it was my grandmother’s recipe and one of just a few I’ll be able to share. As it is, I’ve had this passed on to me by my mother and my aunt,...
