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                     Avery Island Creamed Onion Soup

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Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Soups                            Vegetables

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   6      large         Onions -- chop coarse
   1 1/2  quarts        Chicken stock
   3      tablespoons   Butter
   1      teaspoon      Sugar
   6      tablespoons   Flour
   1 1/2  pints         Light cream
   1      teaspoon      Salt
   1      dash          Tabasco
   2      ounces        Absinthe (Pernod) -- opt

Boil 4 of the onions in chicken stock 20 to 30 minutes. Saute remaining 2 onions in butter
 until transparent. Sprinkle with sugar and blend in flour, then add to stock. Add cream
 and continue simmering and stirring until thickened. Put through blender until onions are
 liquefied. Return to soup pot to reheat, simmering and stirring until desired thickness. 
Add Tabasco, pour into heated tureen with absinthe and garnish with paprika. 
Can be made in advance, refrigerted and reheated.

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