French Onion Soup Gratinee

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large red onions, thinly sliced
• 2 large sweet onions, thinly sliced
• 1 (48 fluid ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 2 sprigs fresh parsley
• 1 sprig fresh thyme leave
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 4 slices french bread (thick slices) or 4 slices italian bread (thick slices)
• 8 slices gruyere or 8 slices swiss cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup shredded asiago cheese or 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, room temperature
• 4 pinches paprika

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a large pot over medium-high heat.
• 2 stir in salt, red onions and sweet onions.
• 3 cook 35 minutes, stirring frequently, until onions are caramelized and almost syrupy.
• 4 mix chicken broth, beef broth, red wine and worcestershire sauce into pot.
• 5 bundle the parsley, thyme, and bay leaf with twine and place in pot.
• 6 simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 7 remove and discard the herbs.
• 8 reduce the heat to low, mix in vinegar and season with salt and pepper.
• 9 cover and keep over low heat to stay hot while you prepare the bread.
• 10 preheat oven broiler.
• 11 arrange bread slices on a baking sheet and broil 3 minutes, turning once, until well toasted on both sides.
• 12 remove from heat; do not turn off broiler.
• 13 arrange 4 large oven safe bowls or crocks on a rimmed baking sheet.
• 14 fill each bowl 2/3 full with hot soup.
• 15 top each bowl with 1 slice toasted bread, 2 slice gruyere cheese and 1/4 of the asiago or mozzarella cheese.
• 16 sprinkle a little bit of paprika over the top of each one.
• 17 broil 5 minutes, or until bubbly and golden brown.
• 18 as it softens, the cheese will cascade over the sides of the crock and form a beautifully melted crusty seal.
• 19 serve immediately!