Recipe: French Onion Soup (crock pot)

French Onion Soup (crock pot)
Rec.food.recipes/The Crockery Pot Cookbook
Serving 6

4 large yellow (Spanish) onions -- thinly sliced
1/4 cup butter
3 cups rich beef stock
1 cup dry white wine
1/4 cup medium dry sherry
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 clove garlic -- minced
6 slices French bread -- buttered
1/4 cup Romano or parmesan cheese

Using a large frying pan slowly saute the onions in butter until limp and glazed. Transfer to crock pot. Add white wine, beef stock, sherry, Worcestershire, and garlic. Cover. Cook on low (200F) 6 to 8 hours.

Place French bread on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with cheese. Place under preheated broiler until lightly toasted. To serve soup ladle into bowl. Float a slice of toasted French bread on top.