Onions à la Crème

Instructions

1. Boil 6 nice white Spanish onions in two or three waters till nice and soft, and also to take off the strong taste; drain them, and lay them in a warmed vegetable dish.
2. Have ready a sauce made of the flour, cream, and butter, as follows: rub 1 tablespoonful of fine flour or maizena and 2 oz. of butter well together, then add a few spoonfuls of boiling water.
3. Stir nice and smooth till quite mixed, then add the cream or milk, and keep stirring till nearly boiling.
4. Pour this sauce over the onions, and serve hot. Time, two hours.