French Onion Soup

Ingredients:

• 2 middle-sized yellow onions
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 4 cups of homemade chicken stock or chicken/beef broth
• 2,5 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup of red wine
• 2-3 tablespoons of unsalted butter
• 2-4 slices of sourdough bread
• Cheddar and mozzarella cheese
• Salt and ground black-pepper

Directions:

1. Slice the onions into rings and chop the garlic.
2. Add half of the butter into a skillet and caramelize the onions and garlic with salt and pepper for about 20 minutes (if needed, you can add more butter in the process). 
3. Meanwhile, toast the bread and set aside.
4. After the onions are caramelized, put the rest of the butter and add the flour.  Stir for couple of minutes until the flour smells cooked.
5. Add the wine and stir until it almost evaporates. 
6. Add the chicken stock and stir to mix the flour with the liquid (I used chicken stock that I made home myself and no water.  It turned out to have a great flavor). 
7. Taste with salt and pepper.  
8. Cook under medium heat until it boils.  After it boils, turn the heat down to low and cook 3-5 minutes more.
9. Shred the cheese (you can replace the cheese with any kind you like or simply have at home).
10. Pour the soup into a serving bowl.
11. Put in a slice of toasted bread and add a desired amount of cheese.

It is so filling that it can serve as the main and only dish!

Tips:

1. I used home-made whole wheat bread.  I included sourdough bread in the recipe as I love it and think it would also go very well with this soup.  You can use whatever bread you like and think would go well with this recipe.