Truffle French Onion Soup - Lettuce Entertain You

Ingredients

• 4 medium sweet onions, julienned
• ½ cup garlic oil (reserved from garlic confit - see method below)
• 8 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• 1 Tbsp. roasted garlic puree (see method below)
• ¾ cup sherry
• 12 cups veal stock
• 8 cups chicken stock
• 1 thyme sprig
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp. butcher cracked black pepper
• Croutons (enough to top 10 bowls with 6-7 croutons each)
• 2 oz. Fontina cheese (10 individual slices)
• 2 oz. Gruyere cheese (10 individual slices)
• 1 tsp. chives, minced
• 1 tsp. truffles, shaved
• 1 tsp. truffle oil