Uncle Bill's French Onion Soup

• 12 cups water
• 2 lbs beef bones with marrow
• 5 large celery tops (leaves)
• 2 large bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 4 medium onions, sliced thin
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 21 fluid ounces beef consomme soup (2 - 10.5 ounce cans)
• 10 12 fluid ounces beef broth
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 12 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 4 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 6 ounces light beer
• 12 slices French bread, lightly toasted
• 1 large garlic clove, for rub on toast
• 1 cup grated gruyere cheese
• 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese

1. In a large cooking pot, add water, celery tops, bay leaves, salt and soup bones.
2. Bing to boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 4 hours.
3. Remove bones and meat, celery tops and bay leaves and discard.
4. Transfer stock to a large bowl, refrigerate until cooled and fat sets.
5. Skim all fat off and discard.
6. Set soup stock aside.
7. Slice onions thin.
8. In a large frying pan add butter and sliced onions and saute' until light brown, about 15 minutes, stirring often, but DO NOT BURN.
9. In a large cooking pot, add stock (measure stock so that you have 12 cups) and if necessary, make up the difference with water.
10. Add sautee'd onions, consomme soup, beef broth, sugar, granulated garlic powder, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
11. Adjust spices to taste.
12. TO SERVE.
13. Pour soup into oven-proof soup bowls leaving enough room in bowl to add 1 tablespoon of beer.
14. Rub each piece of toasted French Bread with garlic.
15. Place 1 piece of toasted French bread on top of soup.
16. Sprinkle top of toast liberally with grated Gruyere cheese and Mozzarella cheese.
17. Place bowls of soup on a metal tray or cookie sheet.
18. Place under broiler (about 3 inches below elements) and broil until cheese melts and puffs up, about 3 to 4 minutes.
19. Serve immediately.

water, beef, celery, bay leaves, salt, fresh ground black pepper, onions, butter, consomme soup, beef broth, sugar, garlic, ketchup, worcestershire sauce, light beer, bread, garlic, gruyere cheese, mozzarella cheese

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/uncle-bills-french-onion-soup-41159 (may not work)