French Onion Soup

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 5 onions, halved and sliced thin
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons flour
• pepper (do not add salt!)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 12 teaspoon dried leaf thyme (not ground!)
• 2 cans consomme
• 1 34 cups water
• 1 cup white wine
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 4 slices French bread, 1 inch thick
• 2 cups combination of grated cheese (swiss, parmesan, mozzarella, edam is good)

1. Heat oil and butter and saute onion and garlic until soft, do not brown.
2. Sift over flour and add pepper, sugar and thyme and cook gently about a minute.
3. Pour in the consomme, water and wine.
4. Add parsley.
5. Simmer gently about 15 to 20 minutes until onions are limp.
6. Ladle the soup into 4 deep oven proof bowls preferably ones that have handles.
7. Place a slice of bread on top of the soup, push down slightly and smother with a 1/2 cup cheese mixture per bowl.
8. Broil until the cheese is melted and bubbling.

olive oil, butter, onions, clove garlic, flour, pepper, sugar, dried leaf thyme, consomme, water, white wine, parsley, bread, combination

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/french-onion-soup-82661 (may not work)