Classic Sweet Viadalia French Onion Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 -5 vidalia onions or 4 -5 other sweet onion, sliced into thin rings
4 1/2 - 5 cups beef broth
1/4 cup red wine
1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon celery seed
salt and pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil or 2 tablespoons butter
2 slices French bread
2 2 slices provolone cheese or 2 slices gruyere cheese

Preparation

Heat olive oil or butter in large saucepan.
Add onions and saute for 10 minutes over medium-high heat.
Lower the heat to medium-low.
Add mustard seed, celery seed, and salt and pepper to taste.
Continue to saute the onions for 20 minutes, until the onions have carmelized and are a rich golden brown in color.
Add the beef broth, red cooking wine, and Worcestershire sauce.
Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes.
Preheat broiler.
Spoon soup into bowls (that are oven-proof) and place a slice of french bread on top (may lightly butter bread, if you prefer).
Add a slice of cheese on top of each piece of bread.
Place under broiler for a few minutes until the cheese gets brown, and bubbles a bit.
Carefully remove soup bowls from oven and serve.
NOTE: Can also be made in a crockpot (after cooking onions in butter on stovetop covered for 20 mins), cooking on low for 5-8 hours or on high for 2 1/2 hours.