"Lettuce Soup"
| Ingredients | | | 2 | tablespoon | onion, minced | | | 1 | tablespoon | butter | | | 1 | tablespoon | flour | | | 1/2 | teaspoon | salt | | | 1/4 | teaspoon | nutmeg | | | 1 | ds | pepper | | | 4 | each | chicken bouillon cubes | | | 3 1/2 | cup | water, boiling | | | 1 | each | lettuce, shredded | | | 1 | each | egg yolk, slightly beaten | | | 1/2 | cup | whipping cream | | | | | |
Directions:
| Saute onion in butter until gently golden. Stir in flour, salt, nutmeg and pepper. Dissolve bouillon cubes in boiling water; add to onion mixture slowly. Cook over medium heat. Stir until thickened. Add lettuce. Cover and let cook 3 minutes.
Mix together egg yolk and cream. Stir 1/4 cup soup into yolk-cream mixture. Pour mixture into soup, stirring constantly. Cook over low heat, stirring, until soup comes to a boil. Remove from heat. Serve at once.
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