French Onion Soup

Ingredients

• •4 big onions
• •2 ounces butter
• •1/5 cup oil
• •1 ounce flour
• •1 bouquet garni
• •2 gloves garlic
• •1/2 cup white wine
• •1/2 cup Madeira
• •3 egg yolks
• •3 1/2 gruyere cheese, grated
• •1/2 long thin loaf of French bread

Directions

1. 1Peel and slice finely the onions. Peel and crush the garlic.
2. 2Brown the onion in heated butter and oil. Add flour. Add white wine and reduce.
3. 3Add 4 1/2 cups water. Salt, pepper. Add the bouquet garni and garlic. Bring to a boil and cook slowly an hour.
4. 4While the soup cooks, cut the bread. Dry the slices in the oven.
5. 5Mix the eggs and Madeira Withdraw the croûtons from the oven and increase the temperature to 410 degrees Fahrenheit Put an ovenproof dish containing water in the oven.
6. 6When the soup is ready, remove the bouquet garni, add the eggs and mix quickly. Pour the soup in bowls, add croûtons and cheese. 6. Put the bowl in bain-marie in the oven. Cook 10 minutes.