Blue Cheese Sweet Onion Soup
.25 C Oil
2.5 lbs Sweet onions or red
3 T chopped garlic in oil
1.5 gal water
.5 C chicken soup base
3 T salt
.75 T Black Pepper
.5 C Hot Scauce
1 T Oregeno
.5 T dill weed
.5 C cooking sherry
1 lb butter
1 lb flour
4 C blue cheese
6 C cream
sauté onions with gralic and some of the butter
in lg pot bring water and spices to boil
add onions
make the roux and add to boiling stock - mix until smooth
add blue cheese and cream - reduce heat and simmer until smooth
yield 2.5 gal soup