Buttermilk Soup
Ingredients
1 tbsp flour
1 qt buttermilk
1/2 cup raisins
1 cinnamon stick
1 sugar to taste
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
Preparation
Moisten flour with 1 tablespoon of buttermilk and bring remaining
buttermilk to boiling point. Add flour and stir well; add raisins and
small stick of cinnamon. Cook until raisins become soft. When ready to
serve, sweeten soup with sugar to taste and add whipped cream. If
preferred, the sugar may be beatedn with 2 egg yolks and added to
soup just before serving.
Variations: Use dried apricots or prunes instead of raisins. Fresh
fruits or berries are good in this soup, particularly red or black
raspberries, blackberries, peaches or plums. Add to soup and cook as
above.
From The United States Regional Cookbook copyright 1947 by the
Culinary Arts Institute, Chicago.
Servings: 6
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