Sur La Table's French Onion Soup

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Sur La Table's French Onion Soup

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
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Ingredients:
6 Large white onions -- thinly sliced
1/4 Cup butter
1 Tsp. sugar
2 Tbs. Dijon mustard
6 Cups beef stock
1/4 Cup cognac
Toasted French bread
Grated Gruye`re cheese
Freshly ground pepper

Peel and slice onions thinly. Melt butter in large saucepan, add onions
and saute tin6l soft and translucent.
Add sugar and cook over low heat until caramelized. Stir in Dijon
mustard. Add cognac and flame. Add
beef stock gradually until soup begins to boil. Stir constantly. Lower
heat and cover pan. Simmer gently for one
hour. Ladle soup into individual bowls. Float toast on top of each
serving. Cover generously with grated cheese.
Season with freshly ground pepper. Broil until cheese is melted.

Bon appetit.
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