French Onion Soup Gratinee

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 ounces butter
• 5 lbs yellow onions, julienned
• 1 cup beef stock
• 6 1/2 quarts beef stock
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 4 -6 fluid ounces dry sherry
• as needed french bread
• 1 1/2 lbs gruyere cheese, coarsely grated

Recipe

• 1 heat butter over low to medium heat in large stock pot.
• 2 sauté onions to soft and golden brown.
• 3 deglaze with .33 cup beef stock.
• 4 sauté onions to caramelize slightly darker.
• 5 deglaze with .33 cups beef stock again.
• 6 caramelize onions to dark brown.
• 7 add stock and bring to a boil.
• 8 reduce to a simmer and allow flavors to blend, about 20 minutes.
• 9 while soup simmers, cut bread into .5 inch thick slices.
• 10 toast slices in oven or under broiler.
• 11 season soup to taste and add sherry.
• 12 fill crocks with hit soup.
• 13 top with toasted crostini and cheese.
• 14 pass under broiler until cheese bubbles and browns.
• 15 serve immediately.