Creamed Onions

Ingredients

• Two table-spoonfuls of butter
• One table-spoonful of flour
• One pint of milk
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Peel the onions, and boil for an hour in plenty of salted water.

2. 2

   Drain well and cut each onion into four, six or any desired number of pieces, over which pour a cream sauce made of butter, flour, and milk.

3. 3

   Rub the butter and flour to a cream; heat the milk, and when it boils, add the butter and flour.

4. 4

   Stir the sauce until of a creamy consistency, and flavor with salt and pepper.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 123. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CREAMED ONIONS. Peel the onions, and boil for an hour in plenty of salted water. Drain well and cut each onion into four, six or any desired number of pieces, over which pour a cream sauce made of Two table-spoonfuls of butter. One table-spoonful of flour. One pint of milk. Salt and pepper to taste

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