French Onion Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 10 slices bacon
• 3 lbs sweet onions, sliced very thinly
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme
• 1/2 cup wine
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 8 cups beef broth
• gruyere cheese
• 1 loaf good crusty bread

Recipe

• 1 in a large heavy pot, cook bacon until crispy.
• 2 remove bacon, leaving fat in the pan; crumble bacon and set aside.
• 3 add the thinly sliced onions to bacon fat and slowly cook for 40 minutes.
• 4 add thyme, wine, salt, pepper, and beef broth.
• 5 bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer, covering the top of the pot halfway with a lid, for 30 minutes.
• 6 meanwhile, slice bread into 1/2" thick slices, and toast both sides.
• 7 to individual oven-proof serving bowls, place a slice of toasted bread in the bottom of each, add crumbled bacon, then soup.
• 8 top each with a slice of gruyere cheese and broil until melted and bubbly.
• 9 serve immediately.