French Onion Soup

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 5 onions, halved and sliced thin
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons flour
• pepper (do not add salt!)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon dried leaf thyme (not ground!)
• 2 cans consomme
• 1 3/4 cups water
• 1 cup wine
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 4 slices french bread, 1 inch thick
• 2 cups combination of grated cheese (swiss, parmesan, mozzarella, edam is good)

Recipe

• 1 heat oil and butter and saute onion and garlic until soft, do not brown.
• 2 sift over flour and add pepper, sugar and thyme and cook gently about a minute.
• 3 pour in the consomme, water and wine.
• 4 add parsley.
• 5 simmer gently about 15 to 20 minutes until onions are limp.
• 6 ladle the soup into 4 deep oven proof bowls preferably ones that have handles.
• 7 place a slice of bread on top of the soup, push down slightly and smother with a 1/2 cup cheese mixture per bowl.
• 8 broil until the cheese is melted and bubbling.