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Down2Sexy's Famous French Onion Soup is for Soup.

Down2Sexy's Famous French Onion Soup takes 25 minutes to prepare.

Down2Sexy's Famous French Onion Soup takes 60 minutes to cook.

Down2Sexy's Famous French Onion Soup makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Down2Sexy's Famous French Onion Soup are:

4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
5 medium (2-1/2 inch diameter) onions (I use 3 yellow onions and 2 red onions)
1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons Merlot or other red wine
4 cups Swanson 100% fat-free, reduced sodium beef broth
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt (I use coarse sea salt)
6 slices French, Italian, or sourdough bread, cut into cubes
3/4 ounce shredded Gruyere cheese

Here is how you make Down2Sexy's Famous French Onion Soup:

Peel onions and slice them thinly. Heat olive oil in a stock pot over medium high heat. Add onions and thyme to the pot and stir to coat the onions with the oil. Cook over medium high heat , stirring frequently until onions soften. When onions are all transparent, add brown sugar and stir to coat.Continue cooking onions, stirring frequently, until they start to brown (about 15 minutes). Reduce heat to medium-low, cover the pot and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until onions are browned and carmelized. Pour in red wine and cook, stirring constantly, until the wine has all cooked off and the pot is de-glazed. Add beef broth all at once, stirring while pouring to loosen any remaining bits of onion from the sides and bottom of the pot.Cover, reduce heat and simmer the soup for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. While soup is simmering, preheat oven to 400 degrees F.Ladle 1 .5 cupx of soup into each of 6 ovenproof soup cups or bowls. Top each bowl of soup with 1 slice of cubed bread and divide teh shredded Gruyere evenly over the bowls of soup.Place bowls on a baking sheet and bake in pre-heated 400 degree oven for 5 minutes or until cheese has started to melt, but still retains it's shape. Remove from oven and allow to stand for 1 or 2 minutes before serving. Caution: Soup will be very hot!Makes 6 2-cup servings (1.5 cup soup, .5 cup bread and cheese mixture), each of which is filling enough to make a meal. .Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DOWN2SEXY.

The nutritional information for Down2Sexy's Famous French Onion Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 269.5

• Total Fat: 11.6 g
• Cholesterol: 3.9 mg
• Sodium: 603.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 34.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
• Protein: 7.0 g

Down2Sexy's Famous French Onion Soup is French cuisine.