French Onion Soup

Earlier this year I had French Onion soup for the first time. It was amazing!! I really enjoyed sitting at William’s Coffee Pub waiting for my husband’s uncle and cousins to get back from Alberta (I work near the airport so I am sometimes a taxi!) indulging in a delicious bowl! I then had it again while I was shopping with a friend.

Shawn had never tried it before so I decided to make it for him. I loved it!! He liked it, but I think he prefers a dinner with more mass! It is more of a lunch thing for him (with grill cheese of course!).

Ingredients:

-          2 tbsp oil

-          2 tbsp butter

-          5 onions, thinly sliced

-          1 tsp each of dried thyme, salt and pepper

-          ½ cup sherry

-          1 bay leaf

-          6 cups beef broth

-          8 1” slices from a baguette, toasted

-          Shredded Swiss cheese

Directions:

1. In a soup pot, heat butter and oil over medium heat
2. Add onions, thyme, salt and pepper; cook until onions are a caramel colour stirring occasionally
3. Add bay leaf and sherry to deglaze
4. Once deglazed, add broth and bring to a bowl
5. Ladle soup into oven safe bowls, float baguette slices and top with cheese
6. Put bowls on a cookie sheet and broil until cheese is melted