Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine
  • 3 each onions sliced
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon flour, all-purpose
  • 2 1/2 cups water
  • 1/2 cup red wine
  • 2 cans beef stock condensed
  • 1 x french bread
  • 8 ounces swiss cheese slices

Method

  • In a 4 quart saucepan over medium heat in hot butter, cook onions and sugar for 10 minutes.
  • Stir in flour until well blended with the onions and the pan juices.
  • Add water, wine, and undiluted beef broth; heat to boiling.
  • Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 minutes.
  • Cut four 1 inch thick slices of bread from loaf.
  • Toast in 325F (160C) oven just until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
  • Ladle soup into 4 oven safe bowls and place 1 slice toasted bread on surface of soup in each bowl.
  • Fold Swiss cheese slices and fit onto toasted bread slices in soup.
  • Place soup bowls in pan for easier handling.
  • Bake in 425 degrees F oven for 10 minutes or just until cheese is melted.