Just the thin to ward off colds and flu!
Irish White Onion Soup
Serves: 6
Ingredients
• 2 Tablespoons butter
• 1 pound onions, thinly sliced
• 4 cloves of Garlic
• 2 Heaped Tablespoons flour
• 1 pinch powdered mace or nutmeg
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 Quart chicken or pork stock
• 1 1/4 Cups milk
• salt, to taste
• black pepper, to taste
• 2/3 Cup cream
• 2 Tablespoons grated cheese (optional)
Method
- Heat the butter, and when foaming add the onions and garlic…
- Let the onions soften, but not colour at all.
- Stir in the flour, mix well and cook, stirring continuously for about 1 minute; then add the nutmeg, the bay leaf and the stock.
- Stir all the time until it boils, and see that it is smooth.
- Simmer until the onions are cooked, then gradually stir in the milk and, when that boils, lift out the bay leaf.
- It can now be liquefied, or served as is with the cream added, and a sprinkling of grated cheese.
Some to eat now - some to freeze for later. Do not add the cream or grated cheese to the portions to be frozen.