Restaurant-style French Onion Soup

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 onions, sliced in rings
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 cups beef stock (homemade or prepared, high quality beef soup base)
• 4 slices stale bread (preferably french or italian)
• 4 slices provolone cheese or 4 slices swiss cheese

Recipe

• 1 heat olive oil and butter together in a pan large enough to hold the onions and broth.
• 2 saute onions very gently in half olive oil and half butter until soft and golden but do not allow them to brown.
• 3 pour beef stock into the pan with the onions and simmer gently for 1/2 an hour.
• 4 season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 5 divide into oven-proof bowls. float the stale bread on top.
• 6 cover with the cheese and broil until the cheese bubbles and browns.