Creamed Avgolemono Soup

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 6 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups milk, scalded
• 2 cups cream, scalded
• 1 1/2 quarts chicken stock
• 2 cups cooked rice
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 lemons, juice of
• 1 lemon, sliced for garnis

Recipe

• 1 beat butter in a small bowl. beat constantly, slowly add flour.
• 2 combine butter mixture with scalded milk and cream in a soup pot.
• 3 cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until boiling.
• 4 reduce heat at once.
• 5 pour in stock and add rice. simmer 30 minutes, skimming off fat.
• 6 beat egg yolks in a large bowl until fluffy. pour in lemon juice a little at a time, while beating.
• 7 add 2 cups hot stock, a tablespoon at a time, while beating.
• 8 pour stock mixture into soup. heat, but do not boil.
• 9 gartnish with sliced lemon.