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Title: White Onion Soup
Categories: None
Yield: 6 Servings

1/4 c Butter or margarine
1 lb Onions, thinly sliced
2 Cloves
1 Bay leaf
4 c Chicken broth
1 1/4 c Milk
2 tb (heaped) flour
1 pn Ground mace or ground nutmeg
Salt & pepper
2/3 c Cream, or 1 to 3 Tbsps.
-grated hard cheese

Heat the butter, then add the onions and cloves. Let onions soften, but not
change color. Sprinkle on flour. Mix well and cook stirring constantly for
1 minute, then add mace or nutmeg, bay leaf and broth. Stir all the time
until mixture boils and you can see that it is smooth. Simmer until onions
are well-cooked, then gradually add the milk. Stir continuously and, when
it boils, remove the cloves and bay leaf and season with salt & pepper to
taste. Serve soup with a garnish of cream or grated cheese.

Posted to FOODWINE Digest 06 Feb 97 by "Joanne L. Schweikj"
on Feb 7, 1997.