1 quart White Stock I or II

1 large onion thinly sliced

3 tablespoons butter

½ cup stale baker’s bread

1 cup milk

1 cup cream

2 tablespoons flour

Salt and pepper

Cook onion fifteen minutes in one tablespoon butter; add to stock, with bread broken in pieces. Simmer one hour; rub through sieve. Add milk, and bind with remaining butter and flour cooked together; add cream, and season.

Duchess Soup