Food Network: French Onion Soup

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French Onion Soup
Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2003

Ingredients
6 tablespoons butter
8 medium size onions, sliced thinly
4 thyme sprigs, leaves stripped
1/2 cup sherry
4 cups brown chicken stock
2 cups veal stock
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
French bread croutons
2 cups grated Gruyere cheese

Instructions
In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, add butter and melt
over medium heat. Add the onions and lower the heat to medium low. Add the thyme
leaves and cook, stirring frequently, until the onions start to turn golden brown,
about 25 minutes. Add the sherry and cook until the sherry is almost completely
evaporated and the onions are brown, about 15 minutes.

Add the stocks and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and simmer for 30
minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Ladle the soup into 8 oven-proof soup bowls. Place the soup bowls on a sheet pan.

Place the croutons on top of the soup, to cover. Top each bowl with 1/2 cup grated
cheese. Place in the oven and cook until the cheese is golden brown and bubbly,
about 10 minutes.