• 2 tablespoon butter
• 1 onion chopped fine
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 3 or 4 tomatoes, chopped
• ½ cup meat stock
• Sugar (optional)

Melt one tablespoon butter, add flour. When it bubbles, add the meat stock. Simmer tomatoes and onion in the other tablespoon butter for ten minutes. Rub through sieve, add to the flour mixture. Salt to taste. Add sugar if desired.