Sorrel soup (irish)

Yield: 8 Servings

Ingredients:

1 lb Sorrel
3 oz Butter
1 x Large onion chopped
2 tb Flour (heaped)
2 1/2 l Stock
2 tb Breadcrumbs
1 x Salt and pepper
2 ea Egg yolks
150 ml Cream

Instructions:

Wash the sorrel well and chop it up. Heat the butter in a saucepan and just soften the sorrel and onion in it. Shake the flour over the vegetables and mix well. Let it cook for about 1 minute. Meanwhile bring the stock to the boil then add to the pan. Add the breadcrumbs season to taste and bring to the boil then simmer for about 1 hour covered. (It can be liquidized at this point but needn't be.) Beat the egg yolks with the cream and add a little of the hot soup to the mixture stirring well; then add gradually to the soup pot stirring well over the heat but being careful not to let it boil.