Oh So Good French Onion Soup

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 6 medium onions, thinly sliced
• salt and pepper
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 cup dry sherry
• 6 cups beef stock
• 4 slices crusty bread, toasted
• 2 1/2 cups shredded gruyere or 2 1/2 cups swiss cheese

Recipe

• 1 heat a deep pot over medium to medium high heat.
• 2 work next to the stove to slice onions.
• 3 add oil and butter to the pot.
• 4 add onions to the pot as you slice them.
• 5 when all the onions are in the pot, season with salt and pepper and 1 teaspoon fresh thyme.
• 6 cook onions 15 to 18 minutes, stirring frequently, until tender, sweet and caramel colored.
• 7 add bay leaf and sherry to the pot and deglaze the pan drippings.
• 8 add 6 cups stock and cover pot to bring soup to a quick boil.
• 9 arrange 4 crocks on a cookie sheet.
• 10 preheat broiler to high.
• 11 once soup reaches a boil, ladle into bowls.
• 12 float toasted bread on soup and cover each bowl with a mound of cheese.
• 13 sprinkle remaining fresh thyme on cheese and place cookie sheet with soups on it under hot broiler until cheese melts and bubbles.