French Onion Soup with Cider

Ingredients

• 1 fondue Chic! au cidre (cider) by 1001 Fondues, 350 g (12 oz.), cut into strips
• 45 mL (3 tbsp.) butter
• 8 yellow onions, thinly sliced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 30 mL (2 tbsp.) maple sugar or brown sugar
• 300 mL (1 ¼ cups) cider
• 300 mL (1 ¼ cups) apple juice
• 1.5 litres (6 cups) chicken broth
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• Pinch of ground nutmeg
• 12 bread croutons, toasted in the oven
• Salt and pepper