Borage Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 lb young borage leaves and fresh edible flower
• 2 ounces short-grain rice
• 2 ounces real butter
• 1 1/2 pints chicken stock or 1 1/2 pints vegetable stock
• 6 ounces heavy whipping cream (fromage frais) or 6 ounces double cream (fromage frais)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a saucepan.
• 2 add the rice and cook over a low heat for two minutes, stirring all the time.
• 3 add the stock, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• 4 strip the borage leaves and flowers from the stalks and wash well.
• 5 leave aside some flowers for decoration and add the remainder to the saucepan.
• 6 simmer for a further 10 minutes.
• 7 adjust the seasonings.
• 8 allow to cool to lukewarm, then whirl in a blender.
• 9 pour the soup through a fine sieve into a serving tureen and allow to cool completely.
• 10 before serving stir in the cream or if preferred some thinned fromage frais,.
• 11 and decorate with the bright blue borage flowers.