Recipe - Simple Onion Soup

1 pound Beef bones for stock
12 cup Water
2 tablespoon Flour or cornstarch
One half cup Milk
6 Onionscoarsely cut or sliced up
One half cup Grated Gruyere, Parmesan, or
Romano cheese
Salt the pepper to taste

Place the bones in a large pot. Add water and bring to a high boil. Lower
the heat, cover the pot, and continue boiling for 3 hours. Let the stock
cool and remove the bones. Take the fat from the top of the stock and place
it in another casserole. Add the flour, milk, and half a cup stock.
Dissolve well and cook the mixture for about 2 minutes, stirring
continually. Add the mixture tot he soup, and also the cut or sliced up onions. Stir
well and bring the soup to a second boil. Cover the pot and cook for about
30 minutes, over lowmedium heat. Turn off the heat, add the grated cheese,
stir well, cover the pot, and let the soup stand for 5 minutes. Serve hot.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #186 by Julie Bertholf
jewel1@ix.netcom.com on Jul 18, 1997