Homemade Onion Soup

A few weeks ago I made a meal using organic french onion soup, and I was advised to make sure I knew exactly what was in the soup because sometimes there were some little hidden ingredients that we don't need or want. So this time, I made my own! I'm going to be using it for the classic french onion soup dish some night this week for dinner, and I'm also going to use it for my grandma's french onion roast tomorrow night (I "splurged" on a grass fed chuck roast) - two birds, one stone =) I thought you might enjoy this recipe, its so easy! You pretty much spend about 20 minutes on it in the beginning and then let it do its thing the rest of the time.

4 Large Sweet/Vidalia Onions
6 cups organic beef broth
2 tbsp butter
3/4 cup GOOD red wine
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp kosher salt
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
fresh ground pepper

Heat a pan on medium low and add butter
Slice onions very thin and add to the pan
Season with salt and pepper
Let the onions cook until translucent - about 15 minutes on the lower heat setting
Add 1 cup of beef broth and worcestershire sauce
Let the broth cook down with the onions until the onions appear brown in color
Add the rest of the broth and wine and bring to a boil for 5 minutes
Turn the heat down to low and cover

Let simmer as long as possible - the longer you can do this, the richer the flavor will be

To make this a meal:
Slice a piece of french bread (or two slices of baguettes) and brush them with oil and place under the broiler for about 1 minute
Ladle some soup into an oven proof bowl or crock
Place your baguettes on top of the soup and cover with Gruyere cheese
Return under the broiler until the cheese is blistered and serve!

Enjoy!