Hearty French Onion Soup

I absolutely love french onion soup, it is the best comfort soup on cold winter day. You can either take the drippings from the pot roast recipe from my previous post and just add some more pan-seared onions and let simmer in the oven on 275 for 2 hours. Or... if you want to make it from scratch you'll need...

• 3-4 medium onions cut in quarters
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 2 tbs butter
• 1 tbs all purpose flour
• 32 oz beef broth
• 1/4 cup red wine (optional)
• 1 tsp dry rosemary
• 1 tsp dry thyme

Directions:

1. Add olive oil to a medium frying pan and let the onion quarters brown on each flat side. 
2. Melt the butter in medium sized pot on medium-low heat. Add the flour once butter is melted and whisk while it cooks for a minute or two.
3. Pour 1/4 cup of wine (or 1/4 cup of beef broth), whisk.
4. Pour the rest of the beef broth little at a time whisking all the while.
5. Drop the onions carefully into the pot, bring to a boil.
6. Cover the pot and place in oven on 275 degrees for 2 hours. 
7. Serve layered with parmesan cheese shavings and crostini.