French Onion Soup

Total Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup butter
• 6 medium cooking onions, sliced
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 cup dry wine
• 4 cups beef broth
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 6 slices day-old french bread
• 2 cups swiss cheese, grated
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• paprika

Recipe

• 1 in large dutch oven over medium heat, melt butter.
• 2 add onions and sugar.
• 3 cover and cook, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes or until onions are tender but not colored.
• 4 uncover pan, increase heat slightly and continue to cook, stirring regularly until onions are rich caramel colour (10 to 15 minutes) do not let onions burn.
• 5 stir in flour until well blended.
• 6 gradually add wine; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture boils and thickens.
• 7 stir in beef broth and pepper; bring to boil.
• 8 reduce heat to low.
• 9 cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• 10 ladle soup into 6, 1-1/2 cup oven proof bowls.
• 11 top each with bread slice; sprinkle with swiss cheese and parmesan cheeses and paprika.
• 12 place bowls on jelly roll pan.
• 13 broil until cheese melts and bubbles.