Onion Soup with Cheese Toast

Ingredients:
Onions - 2 large
Butter - 40 gm
Maida - 1 1/2 tsp
Stock - 850 ml
Salt and pepper to taste
French bread - 4 slices
Swiss cheese - 4 thin slices

Method:

• Peel and thinly slice onions.
• Melt butter in a medium size sauce pan over moderate heat. Add sliced onions and cook for 10 minutes in low flame or until golden but not brown, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the flour and cook for one minute.
• Add the stock, salt and pepper, and simmer, covered , for 10 minutes.
• While the soup is simmering, top each slice of bread with a large enough piece of the cheese to completely cover it.
• Just before serving, placing the bread slices briefly under the grill about 3' from the heat until cheese melts.
• Float one slice in each bowl of soup and serve.