Tomato Bisque Soup

Ingredients

• 1 can tomatoes
• 1 quart milk (946ml)
• 2 tablespoons chopped onion
• ¼ cup flour (approx. 30g)
• ¼ cup butter (approx. 55g)
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
• ¼ teaspoon soda (bicarbonate of soda)
• cayenne and celery salt
• 6 cloves

Method

1. Melt butter, add onion, cook five minutes; add flour, milk and seasonings, cook in double boiler twenty minutes.
2. Cook tomatoes, press through a sieve, add soda.
3. Combine mixtures and strain.
4. Serve immediately.
5. If tomato is very acid, it may be necessary to add more soda to neutralize.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard