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Easy English Onion Soup

Adding the broth to a pot of onion soup in during the Cooking with Beer session during the 5th Annual Festival of Beers at Millstream Brewery in Amana, Iowa, on Sept. 6, 2009.
Angela Holmes/The Gazette

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 large yellow onions (about 1 1/4 pounds), cut 1/4-inch-thick slices
• 1 pint Pale Ale
• 4 cups beef broth or stock
• 1-2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• Ground black pepper
• Kosher salt
• optional - 1 Tbsp beef base (enhances the beef flavor)

Process:

1. Melt butter in a stockpot over medium heat. Add onions, sauté until just lightly browned.
2. Deglaze with ale. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer, covered, for 5-10 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.

Serve with croutons and a good Stilton, Cheddar or other English cheese.

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