A Basic Cream Soup

Preparation info
  • Four to six

    servings.
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1969

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Ingredients

  • 5 tablespoons butter
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 2 cups

Method

  1. Melt 3 tablespoons of the butter in a saucepan and stir in the flour, using a wire whisk.

  2. Add the chicken broth, stirring vigorously with the whisk. When the mixture is thickened and smooth continue cooking over low heat for 15 minutes.

  3. St