French Onion Soup | Canadian Goodness

Ingredients

• Beef Stock
• 2 kg (4.4 lb) beef bones
• 1 onion
• roughly chopped
• 3 celery stalks
• 1 leek
• 1 head of garlic
• cut in half
• 5 small carrots
• 1 bunch of parsley
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) black peppercorn
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) of Canadian butter
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) of olive oil
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) tomato paste
• 250 ml (1 cup) red wine
• 2 L (8 cups) water
• Onion Soup
• 6-7 mixed onions
• sliced
• 115 g (1/2 cup) Canadian butter
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) olive oil
• 3 sprigs of thyme
• 2 l (8 cups) beef stock
• Salt and pepper
• to taste
• Garnish
• 500 g (1.1 lb) mixed Canadian cheeses (mix of young cheddar
• old cheddar and semi-firm surface ripened cheese)
• Croutons
• Freshly cracked black pepper