Onion Soup

Ingredients

• 3 cups cold water (720ml)
• 2 cups scalded milk (480ml)
• salt and cayenne
• 3 tablespoons butter (42g)
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon pimento

Method

1. Chop onions, cook in two tablespoons butter five minutes; add water, cook thirty minutes, press through a sieve.
2. Melt remaining butter, add flour, scalded milk and seasonings, cook five minutes.
3. Combine mixtures, add egg yolks slightly beaten, Parmesan cheese and pimento.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard