Family favorite cheese and onion soup

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 tablespoons Butter
3 Onions, finely chopped
4 cups Chicken stock or broth
½ cup Dry white wine
Bouquet garni
Salt and pepper
8 Slices, 1/2 in thick French bread, toasted
8 Slices, 1/4 in thick Gruyere cheese
3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, grated
½ cup Cheddar cheese, grated

Directions

Melt the butter in a large sauce pan. Add the onions and saute for about 30 minutes, until golden brown. Add the stock, wine and bouquet garni and season to taste. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Discard the Bouquet garni. Arrange a layer of toast in the bottom of an oven proof tureen. Cover with a layer of the Gruyere, then sprinkle with some of the Parmesan and cheddar. Repeat the layers once or twice, finishing with the cheeses. Pour in the soup and bake in a 350° oven for 20 minutes, until; the cheese is melted. DON'T WAIT-eat hot.

Serving Ideas : When we have Onion Soup-we don't anything else! NOTES : This is MY very favorite recipe for Onion Soup -I love the taste, the method and the wonderful smell while it is cooking. You can almost become enveloped in the smell.

Recipe by: The Golden Book of Soups, Salads and Snacks-1983 Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by LVFG53A@... (MRS IRA M DENNIS) on 1 Ma, r 1997.

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