French Onion Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 large onions, sliced
4 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. flour
7 1/2 c. beef stock or water
salt and pepper
slices of French bread
grated Gruyere cheese

Preparation

Fry onions gently in butter, but not brown.
Stir in flour and let cook a few minutes before adding salt and pepper to taste. Add stock; stir and simmer 15 minutes.
Fry bread in butter; place in ovenproof earthenware tureen or individual soup bowls and pour in hot soup.
The bread will rise to the top.
Sprinkle with a thick layer of the grated cheese.
Place in preheated 375\u00b0 oven until cheese becomes stringy.
Serve immediately.
Serves 4.