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Everybody is Irish on St. Patrick's Day! So, to help celebrate the luck of the Irish, here is my recipe for traditional, Irish Onion Soup.

Ingredients:

• 4 large onions


• 2 tablespoons butter


• 2 tablespoons flour


• 2 cups boiling milk


• 1 bay leaf


• 1 teaspoon salt


• 1/4 teaspoon pepper


• 2 egg yolks


• 2 cups chicken stock


• 1/2 teaspoon mace or sage


• 1/2 cup evaporated milk or cream

Thinly slice all off the onions. Sautee the onions in butter until translucent. Shake flour onto onions. Stir well, so that all the butter is absorbed.

Add boiling milk and bay leaf and continue to stir.

Add chicken stock and seasonings.

Simmer until onions are cooked and soft.

In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks and evaporated milk.

Pour the egg mixture into large soup pot and gradually add onion soup mix and stir. 

Simmer, stirring occasionally approximately 20 minutes.

Counting our blessings,

Mary Beth Roe