Onion Soup

Ingredients:
- 1/2 kg onions, sliced very thin
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 cups water
- 3 1/2 cups rice stock or plain water
- Salt to taste
- Sliced bread
- Butter
- Grated cheese

Procedure:
- Melt 1/4 cup butter in saucepan and fry onion in this until golden brown but not burnt.
- Add the flour and sugar and stir over low flame until brown.
- Add the stock and season with salt.
- Stir over low heat until it boils; then leave to simmer slowly for 10 minutes.
- Butter and toast the sliced bread and put into teh soup tureen.
- When toast rises to the top, sprinkle liberally with grated cheese and run under boiler for a few minutes to melt the cheese.
- Alternatively, the toasted bread may be floated in individual oven- proof dishes, then sprinkle with grated cheese and run under the broiler.

Yield: 5 servings.