Cream of Lemon Soup recipe

ingredients

2 tbsp (1 oz) 25 g butter or margarine
4 oz (100 g) onions, skinned and sliced
4 oz (100 g) carrots, pared and sliced
4 cups (1 litre) 1 3/4 pint turkey or chicken stock
1 large lemon
1 bouquet garni
1 level tbsp (15 ml) arrowroot
salt and freshly ground black pepper
5 fl oz (142 ml) carton single cream

method

1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan. Add the sliced vegetables and cook gently until tender, stirring frequently. Pour over the stock, bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer.

2. Using a vegetable peeler, thinly pare the rind from the lemon. Pour boiling water over the rind and leave for 1 minute; drain.

3. Add the rind, juice of the lemon and bouquet garni to the pan contents.

4. Cover and cook for 1 hour or until the vegetables are really soft.

5. Remove the bouquet garni. Puree the soup a little at a time in an electric blender.

6. In a clean pan, blend the arrowroot with a little of the soup then add the remainder, stirring. Bring to the boil, stirring.

7. Adjust seasoning before adding the cream. Reheat but do not boil.

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Cream of lemon soup
posted by Steffanie @ 09:26AM, 12/31/07
This is a fabulous soup to replace sorbet at a dinner party for those amongst us who can't have sugar
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