French Onion Soup Recipe anyone???

[river-rat4]

I know it is not the most difficult to make, but I am looking for a really good recipe.

How do you, what kind of cheese do you use for that, covered cup of soup look(CHEESE LID)?

I have been really been into making soup L8LY.

TIP: I have found that holding an un-lit match in your teeth while cutting onions helps keep your eyes dry.

Thank you- River-rat4

[Crow Hunter]

The cheese is gruyere. You shred it, and I also add a little freshly shredded parmesan. You first float a piece of toasted french bread on the soup (don't press in down into the soup; you want it to float), heap on the cheese, and put it under the broiler until the cheese melts and starts to brown a little. I make french onion once in a while, my wife and I love it.

CH

[river-rat4]

Thanks Crow Hunter!

Is there a better base soup stock or trick to getting great flavor?

[Leaky]

Here's a good one I've made.

French Onion Soup

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons butter

6 medium onions, thinly sliced

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 teaspoons fresh thyme, picked and chopped or poultry seasoning

1 bay leaf, fresh or dried

1/2 cup dry sherry

6 cups beef stock

4 thick slices crusty bread, toasted

2 1/2 cups shredded Gruyere or Swiss cheese

Heat a deep pot over medium to medium high heat. Work next to the stove to slice onions.

Add oil and butter to the pot. Add onions to the pot as you slice them. When all the onions

are in the pot, season with salt and pepper and 1 teaspoon fresh thyme. Cook onions 15 to 18

minutes, stirring frequently, until tender, sweet and caramel colored. Add bay leaf and sherry

to the pot and deglaze the pan drippings. Add 6 cups stock and cover pot to bring soup up to a

quick boil.

Arrange 4 small, deep soup bowls or crocks on a cookie sheet. Preheat broiler to high. Once

soup reaches a boil, ladle it into bowls. Float toasted crusty bread on soup and cover each bowl

with a mound of cheese. Sprinkle remaining fresh thyme on cheese and place cookie sheet with

soup bowls on it under hot broiler until cheese melts and bubbles.

[river-rat4]

Thank you, Leaky.

I am plan on trying your recipe soon. My wife loves soup!!

Sorry that it took so long to reply, business has been good and keeping me real busy.

Brandt