# Dad's Onion Soup (Soupe À L'oignon Au Fromage)

Author: Roger Leaper

### Ingredients

- 1 loaf French bread (the long kind)
- Butter
- Grated Parmesan
- 4 large onions
- 1 Tbsp. Flour
- 121​ qt. beef consommé (about 5 cans + water)
- Salt and pepper
- Grated Gruyere cheese

### Instructions

- Cut bread into 21​ inch slices.
- Spread with butter and cover with Parmesan cheese.
- Toast (325°) and cool.
- Slice onions and separate rings.
- Sauté in butter over low heat.
- Stir with wooden spoon until golden brown; add flour.
- Add beef consommé.
- Stir until soup boils.
- Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add salt and pepper.
- Add slices of toast to individual bowls.
- Cover with Gruyere cheese.
- Pour in soup.
- Sprinkle with cheese (both kinds).
- Heat in oven (400°) until cheese browns.

> Quote

> “I too made this for a friend once and she didn’t believe me when I told her it was just beef consommé… the next night I had to go over to her house and make it in front of her… now she makes it all the time” - Michelle.

> Quote

> “I can eat this until I get sick!” - Alysa.

> Quote

> “Alysa can also eat this and clear a small cottage on the cape…” - Laurie.