Onion Soup

Some time ago we started talking about wanting to try making onion soup, but nothing happened for a while, then we found this recipe, and for a while still nothing happened. We have to admit we weren't familiar with the consommé the recipe calls for, but we ended up assuming that the idea was to have something a little more intensely beefy than ordinary beef broth. Looking at the available options at the local market we decided to try adding Better Than Bouillon to beef it up..

Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 kg (2 lb) yellow onion
- 4 cans (14 oz each) beef broth
- 1 tbsp Better Than Bouillon beef base
- 1/2 cup grated pecorino cheese
- salt & pepper
- bread (to serve)

The onions were cut in boats and sautéed in melted butter in a large heavy-bottomed pot till they were soft and golden. Then the beef broth together with the Better Than Bouillon base was added and the pot was allowed to simmer for 10 minutes. Finally the grated cheese was stirred in and the soup was seasoned with salt and pepper.
Was served immediately with a slice of toasted multi-grain bread.

The Better Than Bouillon mixed in with the broth certainly worked nicely for the effect we were going for.