Almond Soup 
Ingredients for Almond Soup Recipe 1
* 4 ounces of almonds
* 1 quart of milk
* 6 cloves, 1 small blade of mace
* 2 ounces of butter
* 2 dozen white peppercorns
* 1 tablespoon of flour
* 4 ounces of onions
Instructions
1. Put the milk in a saucepan with the cloves, mace, and peppercorns; bring it to the boiling-point, and let it simmer.
2. Chop the onions and fry them in the butter until tender, but not brown.
3. Add them to the milk and let it boil again; then let it simmer for half an hour; strain and cool.
4. Blanch the almonds, put them through a nut mill; then pound in a mortar, adding one drop of water occasionally to prevent oiling.
5. Add the cool milk, a little at a time, to the almond paste, mixing it as smoothly as possible.
6. Now boil the soup, stirring constantly.
7. Thicken with either a tablespoon of white roux or a tablespoon of corn-flour.
8. Boil, and serve with croutons.
