/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Hi /ck/, My wife's son is sick with the flu and asked me to make him French onion soup. I have found "quick" recipes online which take about 30 minutes to make but other recipes call for simmering the onions for 3-4 hours. Never made this before and would love some guidance from /ck/ bros. Ideally I'd like to have this done before the wife comes from from work so we can all eat. Where should I start? In my fridge I have, 1 stick of butter, 8 yellow onions, 2 red onions, 4 shallots, a head of garlic, parsley, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, beef stock, 2 beef bullion cubes for extra flavoring and peppercorns.


Also for the top I have gruyere cheese but I've been told that swiss is better for broiling. But does it really matter? I have day old baguette I'd like to use for this.