French Onion Soup

• 100 gunsalted butter — 3½ oz
• 1¼ kgbrown onions — peeled, halved, thinly sliced, 2½ lb, or yellow onions
• ¾ cupdry white wine — 185 ml, optional
• 2 tbspflour, plain / all purpose
• 1½ lbeef broth/stock — 6 cup, or chicken, low sodium/salt reduced
• 2dried bay leaves — or fresh bay leaves, optional
• 3 sprigsfresh thyme — optional
• —Salt and pepper

Cheesy Toast

• 6–8 slicesFrench baguette — or other softish bread
• 100 ggruyere — 3½ oz, or mozzarella cheese or other melting cheese of choice
• —fresh parsley leaves — or fresh thyme leaves, optional