Red Onion Soup

One of my Grandmas recipes for red onion soup I found whilst rummaging around her stack of recipes she has in her kitchen. This is one of the few that didn’t involve copious amounts of meat! I found this particular recipe quite the riddle.

Ingredients

• 2 oz butter
• 2lb red onion thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp veg oil
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp brown sugar
• 1½ oz plain flour
• 3 pints brown stock
• ½ pint stout or brown ale

Method

1. Gently cook onions in butter and oil in a large pan for about 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.
2. Remove lid, add salt, sugar, and cook further for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.
3. Remove from heat and stir in flour, stock, and beer.