Sopa de Cebollas (Onion Soup)

Ingredients

• six large onions
• four ounces of oil
• a tablespoonful of flour
• rather more than less of a quart of water
• a spoonful of salt
• a pinch of pepper
• a pinch of sugar
• the yolks of three eggs
• a tumblerful of cream
• the crust of a French roll

Method

1. 1

   Fry diced onions in oil until light brown, add flour and water, boil until soft, sieve, season, and add whipped egg yolks and cream over gentle heat.

2. 2

   Serve over strips of French roll.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 238. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sopa de Cebollas (Onion Soup) Salmonete (Red Mullets) Tortillas con Papas (Potato Omelet) Paella Conijo Estofado (Stewed and Baked Meats) (Rabbit Stew) Alondras Cocidas en Marmita (Braised Larks) Gazpacho (Bread Salad) Cabellos de Angel Tartinas (Angel's Hair) (Tartlets) Fruta (Fruit) 598 SPAIN (South) Oliva y Queso. (Olives and Cheese.) Stone carefully twelve green olives. Place in a bowl half an ounce each of cream and grated cheese, two salt- spoonfuls of salt, one saltspoonful paprica, half a tea- spoonful chopped parsley, the same of chervil, and one teaspoonful anchovy essence. Mix until a smooth paste, and fill the olives with it. Sopa de Cebollas. (Onion Soup.) Peel and cut in small dice six large onions, put them in a pan with four ounces of oil, and fry a light brown ; then add a tablespoonful of flour, and rather more than less of a quart of water ; boil until the onions are quite soft, pass the whole through a sieve, season with a spoonful of salt, a pinch of pepper and sugar. Before serving add the yolks of three eggs whipped up in a tumblerful of cream (or two tumblerfuls of milk reduced to half the quantity), and stir well over a gentle heat, being careful that it does not boil. Cut the crust of a French roll

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