Almond Milk Soup Recipe ingredients

To prepare this Almond Milk Soup Recipe, first blanch 1/2 pound of almonds and brown in the oven; while crisp and hot, mash to a powder with a rolling pin. Scald 1 quart of milk, add a tablespoonful of butter rolled in a tablespoonful of flour, and the almonds. Cook five minutes, add a teaspoonful of salt and a dash of cayenne, and serve hot with croutons.

Peanuts may be used in the same manner; or cook 1 cupful of shelled and blanched peanuts with 1/2 cupful of lentils for one hour, in 1 1/2 quarts of water, adding a slice of onion, a spray of parsley, and a stalk of celery. When tender rub through a puree sieve and add salt and pepper. Return to the fire and thicken with a tablespoonful of butter rolled in a tablespoonful of flour.