Looking for a gouda gruyere alternative

[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.

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[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.

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Yah...

Jalapeños are MUCH smaller than eggplants.

[bachophile]

believe it or not, of course there is an internet site on Gruyere substitutes

https://food52.com/blog/26619-best-gruyere-cheese-substitutes#:~:text=What Are the Best Gruyère,Jarlsberg%2C Emmental%2C or Fontina.

[Mik]

There's a website for most anything now. I found one yesterday on why mayonnaise does not need to be refrigerated.

But I will still refrigerate mine, thank you.

[jon-nyc]

I’ve been a fan of Food52 for years.