Phil Vickery served up French onion soup with brandy on This Morning.
The ingredients are: 6 tbsp olive oil, 8 medium onions, very finely sliced, 1 tbsp castor sugar, 3 cloves garlic, crushed, 200ml dry white wine, 600ml roughly strong beef stock, or canned consommé (can we get consommé, great talking piece), 2 tbsp Worcester sauce, 4 long slices baguette, 1cm thick, no thicker, 100g grated Gruyere or Emmental cheese, 2 tbsp Brandy, optional, Salt and freshly ground black pepper and Chopped parsley, to serve.