Sur la table's french onion soup

 
                      Sur La Table's French Onion Soup
 
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   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                         Ingredients:
    6      Large         white onions -- thinly sliced
      1/4  Cup           butter
    1      Tsp.          sugar
    2      Tbs.          Dijon mustard
    6      Cups          beef stock
      1/4  Cup           cognac
                         Toasted French bread
                         Grated Gruye`re cheese
                         Freshly ground pepper
 
 Peel and slice onions thinly.  Melt butter in large saucepan, add onions
 and saute tin6l soft and translucent.
 Add sugar and cook over low heat until caramelized.  Stir in Dijon
 mustard.  Add cognac and flame.  Add
 beef stock gradually until soup begins to boil.  Stir constantly.  Lower
 heat and cover pan.  Simmer gently for one
 hour.  Ladle soup into individual bowls. Float toast on top of each
 serving. Cover generously with grated cheese.
 Season with freshly ground pepper. Broil until cheese is melted.
 
 Bon appetit.
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