Onion Soup for Six Persons

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working ... · Francatelli, Charles Elmé · 1852
Source
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
Time
Cook: 20 min Total: 20 min
Yield
6.0 Persons
Status
success · extracted 14 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (6)
Instructions (4)
  1. Chop fine six onions, and fry them in a gallon saucepan with two ounces of butter or dripping fat, stirring them continuously until they become of a very light colour
  2. then add six ounces of flour or oatmeal, and moisten with three quarts of water
  3. season with pepper and salt, and stir the soup while boiling for twenty minutes
  4. and when done, pour it out into a pan or bowl containing slices of bread
Original Text
No. 6. Onion Soup for Six Persons. Chop fine six onions, and fry them in a gallon saucepan with two ounces of butter or dripping fat, stirring them continuously until they become of a very light colour; then add six ounces of flour or oatmeal, and moisten with three quarts of water; season with pepper and salt, and stir the soup while boiling for twenty minutes, and when done, pour it out into a pan or bowl containing slices of bread. [16]
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