essential french onion soup

Name: essential french onion soup
Ingredients: 3 pounds thinly sliced yellow onions (see Tip); 3 tablespoons unsalted butter; Fine sea salt; 1/4 cup dry sherry, vermouth, or white wine (optional); 1 bay leaf or a few sprigs of thyme (optional, and honestly, I rarely bother); 2 quarts (8 cups) beef, chicken, or vegetable (mushroom is excellent here) stock, the more robust the better; Freshly ground black pepper; 1 garlic clove; One (3/4- to 1-inch) thick slice of bread for each bowl of soup; 1/4 cup grated gruyere, comte, or a mix of gruyere and parmesan per toast

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INGREDIENTS

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3 pounds thinly sliced yellow onions (see Tip)

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3 tablespoons unsalted butter

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Fine sea salt

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1/4 cup dry sherry, vermouth, or white wine (optional)

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1 bay leaf or a few sprigs of thyme (optional, and honestly, I rarely bother)

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2 quarts (8 cups) beef, chicken, or vegetable (mushroom is excellent here) stock, the more robust the better

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Freshly ground black pepper

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1 garlic clove

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One (3/4- to 1-inch) thick slice of bread for each bowl of soup

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1/4 cup grated gruyere, comte, or a mix of gruyere and parmesan per toast

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