Creamy Onion Soup

Serves:

Ingredients:

1 ea Onion, finely sliced
1 ea Butter
3 tb Flour
1 1/2 qt Milk,whole,
1 ea Pepper
3 ea Egg yolks
3/4 c Heavy cream
1 ea Salt

Method:

In a saucepan, over low heat, saute onion in 4 tablespoons of the butter, stirring constantly, until onion is golden but not browned ~Sprinkle flour on onions and stir for several more minutes, stirring gently but constantly ~add salt and pepper and continue stirring until soup comes to a boil, reduce heat immediately and let soup simmer VERY gently for about 15 min.
~Take the saucepan off the heat and allow the soup to cool for 5 minutes before stirring in the following egg and cream liason ~Immediately after removing soup from the heat, in a bowl, beat the egg yolks with the cream and then beat in a ladleful of the hot soup a little at a time ~Incorporate the remaining butter.
~Opps, forgot the small rounds of french bread dried in a 375 oven for 5 minutes! ~put the dried bread rounds into a tureen and pour in the soup