Basle flour soup
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 60 | grams | Butter |
| 80 | grams | Plain flour |
| 1½ | litre | Stock |
Directions
Melt the butter (moderate heat) and, stirring constantly, cook the flour to a chestnut brown. Remove the pan from the heat, add the warmed stock, mix well and simmer without a lid on a low heat for 45 minutes. Season with ground nutmeg and pepper. Serve with grated cheeese.
NOTE: Until quite recently it was said that a young woman could not get married until she could prepare a perfect flour soup.
Posted by Alex Comerford. Courtesy of Fred Peters.