FRENCH ONION SOUP

This, to me, is reminiscent of La Madeleine's French onion soup.  Maybe I'm just delusional, but this is good!  I made it for a meat-eater, and she loved it!  As a bonus, this is very low-cal, but still uber delicious.  If you like soup and onions, you have to try this! 

Ingredients:

*3 white onions, sliced

*1 Tbsp oil
*1 cup dry sherry
*8 cups water
*3 cubes “beef” bouillon, 1 cube vegetable bouillon
*Salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Heat large soup pot over high heat, add oil, and wait until it shimmers.  Add onions and sauté over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally until onions are a deep, dark brown, 25-35 minutes. 

           a. If onions stick to pan, turn off heat, cover stuck onions with loose onions, and wait about 2 minutes.  This will steam the onions and release them from the bottom of the pot.  Stir onions together and return pot to heat.

2. When the onions are dark brown, add the sherry and deglaze the pot by scraping the sides and bottom clean with a spoon.  Simmer sherry until it has almost evaporated. 

3. Add the broth and simmer at least 15 minutes.  Season soup with salt and paper.