Homemade Bistro-Style Onion Soup

Who doesn’t like a good French Homemade Bistro-Style Onion Soup....with all that cheese? Serves 6 Total Time: about an hour

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon oil
4 medium onions, halved and sliced 3/8” thick
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon flour
4 cups beef broth or bone broth
1 cup water
1 cup dry white wine
Salt and pepper, to taste
Pinch of thyme
Pinch of nutmeg
6 to 12 thin slices of French bread
2 cups grated gruyere or Swiss cheese
3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

In a large Dutch Oven on medium/high heat add the butter and oil then the onions and toss until lightly golden, about 10 minutes. Do not burn.

Add the garlic and toss 1 minute. Add the flour and toss to coat lower heat and cook stirring until incorporated about 3 minutes. Add in the broth, wine, water, thyme, nutmeg and salt and pepper, to taste. Bring to boil then skim off fat. Simmer partially covered for 30 minutes, skim again.

Preheat broiler. In 6 individual serving oven-proof soup crocks on a baking sheet divide soup between them.



Top each with 1 or 2 slices of toasted French bread. Sprinkle each with cheese in an even layer. Press cheese lightly onto outer rims of crocks. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Broil until cheese is bubbly and lightly golden, about 3-5 minutes. Don’t let burn. With a spatula transfer crocks to plates and serve hot. Yum Yum!