Mimz's French Onion Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 8 cups beef broth
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 3/4 cup sherry wine
• 3 large vidalia onions, sliced
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• salt
• pepper
• french bread, sliced (about 1 inch thick)
• provolone cheese, sliced (can also use gruyere or mozzarella)

Recipe

• 1 in a large saute' pan melt butter with olive oil and saute' onions until golden brown.
• 2 combine both broths and sherry in a large pot and bring to a boil.
• 3 combine sugar and flour and sprinkle over onions stirring to combine. (to help prevent clumping place flour mixture in a mesh strainer and use to shake over onions.).
• 4 add onions to broth and simmer covered for 1 hour stirring occasionally salt and pepper to taste.
• 5 ladle soup into crocks and place a slice of bread and cheese on top. (to make it easier to eat the bread can be cut into bite size pieces before putting on soup.).
• 6 bake in 350 oven for about 5 minutes until cheese is melted.