Title: White Onion Soup (Irish)
Categories: Soup Vegetable Irish
Yield: 6 Servings
| 2 | tb | Butter |
| 1 | lb | Onions, thinly sliced |
| 2 | | Cloves |
| 2 | tb | Flour (heaping) |
| 1 | pn | Powdered mace or nutmeg |
| 1 | | Bay leaf |
| 1 | l | Chicken or pork stock |
| 300 | ml | Milk |
| 1 | | Salt and pepper |
| 150 | ml | Cream |
| 2 | tb | Grated cheese (optional) |
Heat the butter, and when foaming add the onions and cloves. Let the onions
soften, but not color at all. Sprinkle over the flour, mix well and cook,
stirring, 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 add the milk, stirring, and
when that boils lift out the cloves and bay leaf.
. It can now be liquidized, or served as is with the cream added, and a
sprinkling of grated cheese.