Spanish Onion Soup

Ingredients

• four Onions
• a thick slice of Crumb of Bread
• Two oz. of Butter
• two spoonfuls of flour
• a pint of Milk
• a Teaspoonful of Sugar
• a little Mace

Method

1. 1

   Pare and slice the onions, put them in a saucepan with enough water to cover.

2. 2

   Add the bread and boil.

3. 3

   Rub through a sieve.

4. 4

   Fry the butter, add flour to thicken, then scald the milk in the same pan and add the onions.

5. 5

   Stir gently over the fire, add sugar and season with mace.

As published

This recipe was extracted from An old-world recipe book (1908) by Rawnsley, Willingham Mrs, page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Spanish Onion Soup Take four Onions, pare and slice them, put them in a Saucepan with as much water as will cover them, put in a thick slice of Crumb of Bread, when well boiled, rub them through a sieve. Then put about Two oz. of Butter in the pan, fry it and add two spoonfuls of flour to thicken the butter, scald a pint of Milk in the same pan with the butter and put the onions to it. Stir it gently over the fire (mind it does not burn), add a Teaspoonful of 24 AN OLD-WORLD RECIPE BOOK Sugar and season with a little Mace

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