Onion Soup

Ingredients:

1/2      kilo onions, sliced very thin 
3-1/2  cups rice stock or plain water
2       tablespoons flour
1        teaspoons sugar
2       tablespoons butter
2       cups water
        Salt to taste
         Sliced bread

         Butter
         Grated cheese

How to cook onion soup

• Melt 1/4 cup butter in saucepan and fry onion in this until golden brown but not burnt.

• Add the flour and sugar and stir over low flame until brown.

• Add the stock and season with salt.

• Stir over low heat until it boils; then leave to simmer slowly for 10 minutes.

• Butter and toast the sliced bread and put into the Soup tureen.

• When toast rises to the top, sprinkle liberally with grated cheese and run under boiler for a few minutes to melt the cheese.

• Alternately, the toasted bread may be floated in individual oven-proof dishes, then sprinkle with grated cheese and run under the broiler.

• Yield:    5 servings.