Paris Recipe: French Onion Soup Part of the Places of a Lifetime series from Traveler magazine

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Not many people know this is a specifically Parisian dish; in the old days revelers would come to the market at Les Halles for a bowl at dawn after the clubs closed.

Ingredients:

1 pound onions, sliced
1 clove minced garlic
4 tablespoons butter
A pinch of sugar
3 pints beef stock
10 fluid ounces dry white wine
Salt and pepper
A baguette, sliced
8 ounces grated gruyère cheese

Directions:

Gently sauté the onions, garlic, and a pinch of sugar in butter until the onions turn brown. Add the stock, wine, and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer on low heat for an hour or so. In the meantime, grill slices of baguette. Ladle soup into bowls, top with slices of grilled baguette and gruyère cheese, then broil till bubbling.

Servings: Serves six.

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