Onion Souffle

Ingredients

• two tablespoons melted butter
• four sliced onions
• a cup of hot water
• one tablespoon flour
• three eggs (yolks beaten separately)
• one tablespoon butter
• two tablespoons cream
• pinch of salt
• whites of eggs beaten stiff
• sprinkle chopped nuts over top

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter in a saucepan, add onions and hot water, cover and steam until tender.

2. 2

   Mash, then add flour, egg yolks, butter, cream, salt, and beaten egg whites.

3. 3

   Sprinkle with nuts and bake until brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Toronto Cook Book (1915) by Powell, E. J. Mrs.,d.b. 1853, page 134. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Onion Souffle Take two tablespoons melted butter; place in saucepan, add four sliced onions and a cup of hot water; cover tightly and steam until tender and all water absorbed; remove from fire and mash; add one tablespoon flour, three eggs (yolks beaten separately), one tablespoon butter, two tablespoons cream, pinch of salt and whites of eggs beaten stiff; sprinkle chopped nuts over top

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