Title: Basle flour soup
 Categories: Soups/stews, Swedish
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
     60 g  Butter
     80 g  Plain flour
  1 1/2 l  Stock
 
  Melt the butter (moderate heat) and, stirring constantly, cook the
  flour to a chestnut brown. Remove the pan from the heat, add the
  warmed stock, mix well and simmer without a lid on a low heat for 45
  minutes. Season with ground nutmeg and pepper.  Serve with grated
  cheeese.
  
  NOTE:  Until quite recently it was said that a young woman could not
  get married until she could prepare a perfect flour soup.
  
  Posted by Alex Comerford. Courtesy of Fred Peters.