French Onion Soup..Slow Cooker

French Onion Soup..Slow Cooker
Ingredients:

3 pounds onions, which is around 6 large onions …I weigh

1/2 cup (4 oz) butter, melted

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 cup dry sherry wine …I didn’t have any the first time I made this…I do now

8 cups beef stock/broth

1 bay leaf

1/4 tsp dry thyme (or 3 sprigs fresh)…I don’t especially like thyme, so I omitted
salt and pepper to taste …my broth is salted, so I add no salt

Baguette, sliced …I did use baguette …but might the next time, use French bread. (I find a baguette too holey)

8 oz of Gruyere cheese, shredded, divided (check recipes if you wish to use Gruyere and combine with another cheese or two …I used just Gruyere

Instructions:

Instructions:

Step 1:

Cut onions in half, and slice thinly.

Place them in the slow cooker.

Add your melted butter and stir well so all onions are coated.

Put this on low overnight, 10 – 12 hours.

Step 2:

Add the garlic.

Stir sherry into onion mixture; scrape the bottom to dissolve the small bits of browned food.

Step 3:

Throw in the thyme, bay leaf, salt/pepper and broth.

Stir well.

Cook on low for 8 – 10 hours or on High for 4 – 6 hours.

I did a combo of that …when I needed it to be ready, I went with it. After all the onions are cooked …the rest is just melding.

Step 4:

Preheat oven to 400ºF.

Slice bread to 1/2″ thick slices.

Brush both sides lightly with olive oil.

Arrange on a baking sheet and bake 6 – 8 minutes until golden brown at the edges.

I did about 8 minutes …flipped the bread and did another 2 minutes.