French onion soup recipe | Taste of France®

Ingredients

• 50 g butter
• 1 kg onions (halved and thinly sliced)
• 1 garlic clove (pressed)
• small bunch of thyme (plus 4 small sprigs for the toasts)
• 1 tsp raw cane sugar
• Fine sea salt & freshly cracked pepper
• 1½ tbsps all-purpose flour
• 1½ tbsps Armagnac
• 1 litre strong beef stock
• 4-6 thick slices of sourdough bread
• Handful of Gruyère (freshly grated)