Soup Of The Day - Marco Pierre White

French Onion Soup

Ingredients

4-5 large onions

2 cloves of garlic, crushed

100g butter

1 sprig thyme

1 pint of ale

1 pint of chicken stock

100ml veal stock

200g Gruyére cheese, grated

8 croutons

Method

Finely slice the onions.  In a large saucepan and on a low heat, slowly cook them along with the garlic in the butter and thyme for 45 minutes.

Add the ale. Continue to cook until the soup reduces in volume by half.

Add the stocks of chicken and veal.  Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer gently for 10 minutes.  Taste and season.

Pour into bowls with croutons.  Place the grated Gruyére on top of the soup and pace the bowls under a high grill – if the grill is too low the cheese will dry out, which you don't want!  Serve

The Ray D'Arcy Show - Full Show

On today's show Ray speaks with Catherine Corless, Operation Transformation continues tonight Ray chats to Professor Niall Moyna, Bryan Murray is on to tell us about a new Irish movie, and Soup Of The Day is back today Ray is joined by Marco Pierre White.