Looking for a gouda gruyere alternative

[George K]

I have a recipe that calls for shredded gruyere cheese (it's a French onion soup with meatballs).

My store doesn't have any, well it does, but it's smoked gruyere, which I picked up.

What else can I use, mozzarella?

[LuFins Dad]

I’d consider Jarlsburg

[Mik]

Smoked should be fine. It won't affect that flavor all that much.

[Klaus]

Gouda gruyere? That sounds like a contradiction. Gouda is a Dutch cheese. Gruyere is a Swiss cheese that taste very different from Gouda. I had Gruyere just yesterday, when we used it for Raclette.

Mozzarella is even more different from Gruyere than Gouda.

Maybe you can get Appenzeller? Or Beaufort?

I guess the smoked variant would also be ok.

[George K]

@klaus said in Looking for a gouda gruyere alternative:

Gouda gruyere?

It was a bad pun on a "Good-a gruyere" alternative.

https://www.devourdinner.com/instant-pot-french-onion-meatballs/?fbclid=IwAR1Vkw6yWe7Cl-CNANjLtkPGvgLWkmphKpkIeONVyfowYfjZcWd3pQDP0ys

Ingredients:
4 tablespoons butter
2 medium sweet onions
1/3 cup white wine
2 cups beef broth
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon fresh thyme
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
3 tablespoons flour
4 ounces Gruyere cheese, grated
1 pkg frozen Italian Meatballs

Set Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker to Saute and wait until it reads “Hot”
Add Butter and sliced onions and saute. Cook for 10-12 minutes or until onions begin to turn brown and caramelize. I own 4 Pressure Cookers and each one tends to saute a little differently. I find some are quicker than others. So watch your onions, they may cook faster than mine did!
Add fresh Thyme and garlic and cook for another 1-2 minutes
Sprinkle flour over onions and stir.
Add 1 cup of broth to deglaze Instant Pot by lifting up any stuck bits
Turn off Instant Pot
Add in remaining broth, wine, mustard, balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce and stir
Place frozen meatballs on top and close lid making sure pressure valve is in the closed position
Set to Pressure Cook High for 1 minute and Quick Release the Pressure
Serve as an Appetizer with Toothpicks OR over Rice or Noodles as a meal

[jon-nyc]

Emmemtal or another Swiss cheese.

[Mik]

Just use whatcha got. It's not worth a trip to the store. Personally, I'd prefer the smoked.

[George K]

@mik said in Looking for a gouda gruyere alternative:

I'd prefer the smoked.

That's the plan.

[George K]

What a disappointment.

I wanted French Onion Soup with some meatballs thrown in.

This tasted NOTHING like French Onion Soup.

Was it good? Yeah, on a scale of 5, about a 3, perhaps 2 ½. In other words, I wouldn't throw it out after tasting it.

Was it French Onion? Not at all.

Not. At. All.

Will I make it again? No way, no how. Life is too short for recipes that disappoint.

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Looking for a gouda gruyere alternative:

Ingredients:
4 tablespoons butter
2 medium sweet onions
1/3 cup white wine
2 cups beef broth
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon fresh thyme
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
3 tablespoons flour
4 ounces Gruyere cheese, grated
1 pkg frozen Italian Meatballs

2 onions in an onion soup?

No wonder it doesn’t taste like onion soup.

French onion soup is so simple that it’s hard to get wrong. This recipe manages.

Lots of onions, some garlic, butter, broth, white wine, bread, cheese, flour, pepper, salt. Done.

[George K]

@klaus said in Looking for a gouda gruyere alternative:

French onion soup is so simple that it’s hard to get wrong.

Believe it or not, I've never made it. So, I'll chalk this up to learning.

How is this recipe?

1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
4 medium yellow onions (about 3 pounds), sliced
1 tbsp sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 cup dry white wine or sherry
8 cups beef broth
8-16 slices French bread
1 cup shredded Gruyère or Swiss cheese

Press Sauté; melt butter in Instant Pot. Add onions; cook 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add sugar, salt and pepper; cook and stir 5 to 7 minutes or until onions are golden brown. Add wine; cook and stir 1 minute or until evaporated. Stir in broth; mix well.

Secure lid and move pressure release valve to Sealing position. Press Manual or Pressure Cook; cook at high pressure 5 minutes.
When cooking is complete, press Cancel and use quick release.

Preheat broiler.

Ladle soup into individual ovenproof bowls; top with 1 or 2 slices bread and about 2 tablespoons cheese. Place bowls on large baking sheet. Broil 1 to 2 minutes or until bread is toasted and cheese is melted and browned.

[Mik]

Just got this in the mail from Bon Appetit.

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/french-onion-beef-noodle-soup?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=ba&utm_mailing=BA_ROTD_010222_AM&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5be9fba53f92a4046938da94&cndid=43346476&hasha=2127aee77c7a5b6be2d2c611f646d27e&hashb=b1732cab800790af945568c94383a4b671277c58&hashc=58c5a091ef359c3afbf31ef509debc9b8d48d793d7f3d1a9d2ae11b824e27e86&esrc=homepage-menu&utm_term=BA_Recipe_Of_The_Day

[Klaus]

How is this recipe?

1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
4 medium yellow onions (about 3 pounds), sliced
1 tbsp sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 cup dry white wine or sherry
8 cups beef broth
8-16 slices French bread
1 cup shredded Gruyère or Swiss cheese

Press Sauté; melt butter in Instant Pot. Add onions; cook 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add sugar, salt and pepper; cook and stir 5 to 7 minutes or until onions are golden brown. Add wine; cook and stir 1 minute or until evaporated. Stir in broth; mix well.

Secure lid and move pressure release valve to Sealing position. Press Manual or Pressure Cook; cook at high pressure 5 minutes.
When cooking is complete, press Cancel and use quick release.

Preheat broiler.

Ladle soup into individual ovenproof bowls; top with 1 or 2 slices bread and about 2 tablespoons cheese. Place bowls on large baking sheet. Broil 1 to 2 minutes or until bread is toasted and cheese is melted and browned.

Sounds about right. The ingredient list looks good. I'm a little confused by the "4 onions (3 pounds)" ingredient. 3 pounds sounds good, but that must be huge onions, then. With normal onions, 3 pounds would be more like 20 onions, I guess.

I'm not sure what the pressure cooking is for, but I guess it won't hurt much either.

[Mik]

We get big onions here, between the size of a baseball and a softball.

[Klaus]

@mik said in Looking for a gouda gruyere alternative:

We get big onions here, between the size of a baseball and a softball.

I bet even just two of them weigh multiple pounds.

[George K]

@klaus we're talking onions here, not melons.

Please try to keep up.

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Looking for a gouda gruyere alternative:

@klaus we're talking onions here, not melons.

Please try to keep up.

I thought every vaguely ball-like fruit or vegetable works as a name for female breasts, and every vaguely elongated one works for penis in the English language?

Educate me on this important matter!

[jon-nyc]

I will but I’m too busy waxing my eggplant before dinner.

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in Looking for a gouda gruyere alternative:

I will but I’m too busy waxing my eggplant jalapeño before dinner.

FIFY

[George K]

@mik said in Looking for a gouda gruyere alternative:

@jon-nyc said in Looking for a gouda gruyere alternative:

I will but I’m too busy waxing my eggplant jalapeño before dinner.

FIFY

Yah...

Jalapeños are MUCH smaller than eggplants.