3 french onion soup alton brown Recipes

sweet onions (like vidalias) or a combination of sweet and red onions (about 4 lb), butter, salt, white wine, canned beef consume, chicken broth, apple cider (unfiltered is best), bouquet garni ; thyme sprigs, bay leaf and parsley tied together with kitchen string, country style bread, kosher salt, ground black pepper, splash of cognac (optional), fontina or gruyere cheese, grated

sweet onions, butter, salt, white wine, beef broth (should be consumme), chicken broth, apple cider , unfiltered, thyme (a couple sprigs), bay leaf (1 leaf ), parsley (1 branch), kosher salt, ground black pepper, brandy (or cognac), country style white bread, fontina cheese (or gruyere), grated