French Onion Toast
PUBLISHED IN the Sunday Times 28 July 1912
Ingredients
2 large Spanish onions
1 heaped tablespoon flour
3 oz cheese
milk
salt
pepper
piece of butter size of walnut
thin slices of bread
Instructions
Cut up two large Spanish onions rather small, put them into a stew pan and cover with water, and boil for an hour. Then strain off the water and cover with milk. Mix a heaped tablespoonful of flour with enough milk to make a smooth paste, add it to the onions, also add seasoning of pepper and salt, and a piece of butter the size of a walnut. Stir over the fire until it boils and thickens, then add 3oz. of cheese thinly sliced, and simmer until it has dissolved. Serve hot with thin bread and butter. This is a very tasty dish.
Submitted by Ida Renouf, P.O. Bunbury. She married Roy Scherini of Parkerville in 1929 (reference)