Chilled Lemon Soup

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pints vegetable stock
• 1/2 pint dry cider
• 2 ounces short-grain brown rice
• salt & pepper
• 2 lemons, juiced, rind grated
• 2 tablespoons chives, snipped
• 4 thin lemon slices (to garnish)

Directions

1. 1

   Simmer the stock, cider & rice in a covered pot with salt, pepper & lemon rind for 40 minutes.

2. 2

   Puree & return to the pot.

3. 3

   Mix in the lemon juice & simmer gently.

4. 4

   Cool & skim any fat that might appear on the surface.

5. 5

   Chill.

6. 6

   Sprinkle with the chives & garnish each bowl with a slice of lemon.

7. 7

   Serve.