Almond Soup Recipe 1 ingredients

• 4 ounces of almonds
• 1 quart of milk
• 6 cloves, 1 small blade of mace
• 2 ounces of butter
• 2 dozen white peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon of flour
• 4 ounces of onions

To prepare this Almond Soup Recipe 1, first put the milk in a saucepan with the cloves, mace and peppercorns; bring it to the boiling-point, and let it simmer.

Chop the onions, and fry them in the butter until tender but not brown. Add them to the milk, and let it boil again: then let it simmer for half an hour; strain, and cool.

Blanch the almonds, put them through a nut mill; then pound in a mortar, adding one drop of water occasionally to prevent oiling. Add the cool milk, a little at a time, to the almond paste, mixing it as smoothly as possible.

Now boil the soup, stirring constantly. Thicken with either a tablespoon of white roux or a tablespoon of corn-flour. Boil, and serve with croutons.