French Onion Soup
 
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Recipe type: Soup
Cuisine: French
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 4 small to medium onions
  • 1 t large grain sea salt
  • ¼ t pepper
  • 50g butter (2 oz)
  • ½ T sugar
  • 4 thick toasts, sliced in half
  • Swiss cheese
  • 2 Bouillon beef cubes
  • white wine
  • bay leaf
  • sprig of thyme
  • nutmeg
Instructions
  1. Slice onions thinly and cook in butter for an hour, stirring often. Cover just as soon as they start to turn brown. After they are very soft and brown, add the sugar and cook 5 more minutes.
  2. Butter and toast the large pieces of bread. 20 minutes in the oven at 350° until they are well toasted.
  3. Cook the onions with the water, wine, bay leaf, thyme and bouillon cubes. Bring to boil then simmer for 20 minutes.
  4. Place a piece of bread in the bottom of the tureen, followed by Swiss cheese.
  5. Fill with soup until close to the top.
  6. Add another piece of bread, then sprinkle more cheese, nutmeg and pepper.
  7. Broil for 5 to 10 minutes.
Recipe by A Lady In France at https://aladyinfrance.com/french-onion-soup/