Lettuce soup

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       Title: LETTUCE SOUP
  Categories: Soups, Vegetarian
       Yield: 6 servings
  
       2 T  Onion; minced
       1 T  Butter
       1 T  Flour
     1/2 ts Salt
     1/4 ts Nutmeg
       1 ds Pepper
       4    Chicken bouillon cubes
   3 1/2 c  ;Water, boiling
       1 md Lettuce; shredded
       1    Egg yolk; slightly beaten
     1/2 c  Whipping cream
  
   Saute onion in butter until gently golden.  Stir in flour, salt, nutmeg 
   and pepper.  Dissolve bouillon cubes in boiling water; add to onion 
   mixture slowly.  Cook over medium heat.  Stir until thickened. Add 
   lettuce.  Cover and let cook 3 minutes. 
 
   Mix together egg yolk and cream.  Stir 1/4 cup soup into yolk-cream 
   mixture.  Pour mixture into soup, stirring constantly. Cook over low 
   heat, stirring, until soup comes to a boil.  Remove from heat.  Serve at 
   once. 
 
                      From Bon Appetit's "Too Busy To Cook", 1981
                      per Michelle Bass
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