French Onion Soup

Just another very good reason why I just love the French Cooking! This French onion soup recipe I have tried out the first time while working at Augusta Kleinbosch Guest Farm. I was a bit out of ideas and then I found this one to use as a lovely soup starter for a couple booking a guest room during the cold winter months. We has a lovely fireplace in the cosy restaurant and I served my lovely chicken curry as the main course. French onion soup is not difficult at all to make- in fact, one always have onions in your pantry. Why not buy a bigger bag and save some to make this soup? The white wine and thyme herb are both very lovely components of this lovely hit of a soup. I used chicken stock for this recipe - so mine came out quite light, but I assume using a beef or darker type of stock would give it that lovely dark-ish brown colour. I would strongly recommend to garnish this lovely French onion soup with a slice of toasted baguette with grated Kleinrivier Gruyere cheese on top. At my first job at Bluegum Country Estate near Stanford, we made these wonderful individual cheese platters on those wooden boards with the glass dome lid. We used a selection of Klein river cheeses, the neighbour farm next door. I remember the cheeses used to be so beautifully packed and lovely to work with. Unfortunately we had a no-eat policy in the kitchen and couldn't dare to eat anything as the managers from that time were extremely strict. But I do remember tasting it when I bought it for myself. And I can highly recommend also the mature cheddar cheese. Oh yummy!