Recipe - Florentine Onion Soup - Carbaccia

2 tablespoon Olive oil
4 pound Yellow onions, cut in half
lengthwise thinly cut or sliced up
2 teaspoon Sugar
Salt
750 ml White wine
4 cup Chicken broth
1 Cinnamon stick
4 cup Stale Italian or French
bread, torn
Parmesan cheese, grated

In a Dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onions and
toss to coat with the oil. Cover tightly, reduce the heat to mediumlow,
and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are soft an just
beginning to color (30 minutes).

Remove the cover, increase the heat to medium, and cook, stirring
occasionally, until the onions are amber (45 minutes). Sprinkle with sugar
and a little salt. Cook, stirring frequently until the sugar melts and the
onions are caramelized (5 more minutes). Add the wine, broth, and cinnamon
stick. Stir well, and bring to boil. Cover tightly, reduce heat to low and
simmer gently for one hour, stirring occasionally.

Add the bread to the simmering soup and continue cooking until the bread
disintegrates, 30 to 45 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent the soup from
sticking to the bottom of the pot. Discard the cinnamon stick. Using a wire
whisk, whip the soup until the bread is well incorporated. Taste and add
more salt if needed. Garnish with Parmesan. From the cafe creosote web
page.

Nutritional Information: Calories 687, Calories from fat 18%, Carbohydrate
107g, Protein 17g, Cholesterol 3mg, Sodium 1907mg
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #067 by "Kim" kreese@paradise.net on Mar
7, 1997.