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
 * 1/2 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 1/2 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