Dreary Night French Onion Soup (photos)

This will be boring for some. Especially since I have done this before. If that is the case, I'm sorry. It was damp and dreary tonight, so I made French Onion Soup.

Here is what you need:

5 onions, sliced - about five cups
Beef Broth or Beef Bullion Paste (I used both)
1/4 stick butter
1 Tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons Thyme
2 bay leaves
8-10 ounces red wine
Baguette slices
Provolone Cheese
Salt and pepper to taste



About five cups of onion will make enough for maybe four or five servings, depending on your serving size.



In a suitable pot, add the butter and oil



And sweat the onions



I will go slowly with this step to make certain I don't burn the onions



And maybe have a glass of wine to help pass the time.



This is about twenty minutes in and the point where I am happy.



So I deglaze with red wine.



And tonight I added a can of beef broth, maybe 20 ounces of water and maybe three teaspoons of Better than Broth Beef. I used the low sodium variety. You could just as easily go with only BTB or four cans of beef broth. If you make your own beef stock, that is even better and probably best if you make good beef stock.



Then add two teaspoons of thyme, a couple of bay leaves and a teaspoon of black pepper.



Simmer for maybe 20 minutes to let the bay leaves do their thing.



While this is going on. do the baguettes. I slice them maybe 3/8 inch thick and brown.



Then add lots of provolone and brown them off.





I served it this way tonight. you can float the bread on your soup and melt the cheese under the broiler if you like.



Ready:



and we eat!







Having naturally gluten free desert now (keeps the doctor away):