Green Pawpaw Soup

Description
Green pawpaw Soup

Ingredients

 * 1 green pawpaw
 * 1 pint white stock or water
 * 1 teacup milk or 1 small tin milk
 * 1 onion
 * parsley stalks (if available)
 * a little mace or nutmeg
 * ½ oz butter or dripping
 * 1 oz cornflour to thicken
 * fried dice of bread
 * pepper and salt

Directions

 * 1) Remove the seeds, peel and cut up the pawpaw into small pieces.
 * 2) Slice the onion finely.
 * 3) Melt the butter or dripping and fry the vegetables in it without browning.
 * 4) Add the water, salt and parsley stalks.
 * 5) Simmer 1 and ½ hours.
 * 6) Rub through a sieve.
 * 7) Return the soup to the pan.
 * 8) Add pepper and cornflour blended with the milk.
 * 9) Boil 5 minutes to cook thoroughly.