Creamy Cabbage And Onion Soup

Ingredients

• 1 fair-sized cabbage
• 1 large Spanish onion
• 1.5 oz butter
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 1.5 pints milk
• 2 tbsp Allinson fine wheatmeal
• 1 quart water
• toasted or fried bread squares or plain rusks for serving

Method

1. 1 Shred the cabbage finely and chop the onion. Place them in a saucepan with water, butter, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
2. 2 Cook gently for 1 hour or longer until the vegetables are tender.
3. 3 Add the milk and wheatmeal thickening. Simmer gently for 10 minutes.
4. 4 Serve with little squares of toasted or fried bread, or plain rusks.