Soup Bonne Femme Recipe

• 2 large heads of lettuce
• 1 pound sorrel
• 1 pound spinach
• 3 pints white stock

1. 1/2 cup vegetable shortening

• 2 carrots
• 2 onions
• 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 cup of boiling milk
• Salt and pepper to season with salt and pepper

1. Wash, dry, and cut up lettuce, sorrel, and spinach.
2. Add white stock and simmer with vegetable shortening, carrots, and onions for 1 hour.
3. Blend together vegetable shortening, flour, and yolks.
4. Thin flour mixture with boiling milk and add to broth.
5. Season with salt and pepper, press through sieve, and serve with croutons.

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