The following simple recipe for Onion Soup Gratinee is from The New Butterick Cook Book, copyright 1924, now in the public domain. That is just one of the dozens of bonus books included in the 2005-2025 20th Anniversary Edition of the waterproof SurvivalBlog Archive USB stick that will be available to order in January of 2026.
Ingredients
- 3 Onlons
- 3 tablespoons butter or butter substitute
- 3 pints beef stock
- 3 tablespoons grated cheese
- Pepper and salt
- 1/8 clove garlic (if desired)
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1/4 loaf of French bread
Directions
- Slice onions and put them into a stew-pan with butter or butter substitute. Stir and fry slowly until softened and slightly browned.
- Add beef stock, boil ten minutes, skim, season, and add parsley and garlic.
- Cut the bread into thin slices, dry in the oven for a few minutes.
- Pour soup into a low earthen casserole, put bread on top, sprinkle with grated cheese, and set in a very hot oven just long enough to brown the cheese.
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