Lemon Soup

• Once again this is a soup my mother never made.
• It does fit in with the Polish love of ‘sour’.
• It is very refreshing and would be good on  hot summer’s day.

INGREDIENTS

• 150g of cooked rice – pudding or risotto works well. (around 50g per person).
• 1½ litres of stock – I used 2 chicken stock cubes & 1 teaspoon of vegetable stock powder
• 4-5 lemons
• 2 tablespoons of potato flour (or cornflour)
• 125ml of soured cream
• Salt & Pepper to taste

METHOD

• Cook the rice and leave to cool.
• Bring the stock to the boil and leave at a gentle simmer.
• Mix the potato flour with a little water and add this to the stock,
• Stir well until the soup thickens.
• Add the juice of 2 lemons.
• Season to taste.
• You can add more lemon juice if you wish.
• Remove the skin from the other lemons and cut them into thin slices.
• Add the lemon slices to the hot soup.
• Put some rice into a soup dish for serving.
• Pour the hot soup over this including some lemon slices.
• Serve straight away.
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• Squeeze the juice out of the lemon slices when you are eating the soup.