Updated: 3/9/2007

TV Morning Show 3/09/07

Irish Onion & Stout Soup

2 tablespoons butter

3 yellow onions, sliced thin

1 red onion, sliced thin

3 leeks (white part only) sliced thin

2 large shallots, minced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves

2 bay leaves

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 twelve-ounce bottle Guinness stout

3 fourteen-ounce cans IGA beef broth

salt and pepper

croutons and minced scallions to garnish

Place first eight ingredients in a 12-quart stock pot. Cook on medium high until onions are wilted. Add the next four ingredients and simmer for one hour. Garnish with croutons and minced scallion.