Avgolemono Soup

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
  • 6 eggs yolks beaten
  • 2 quarts chicken broth or stock
  • ½ cup long grain rice
  • ½ stick butter 1/8 pound
  • chopped parsley
  • 1 cup fresh lemon juice
  • grated lemon peel to taste optional
  • Salt and pepper to taste I don’t use any

Instructions

  • Stir the milk and cornstarch together and then beat in the egg yolks.
  • Set aside.
  • Bring the broth to a boil in a 4 quart soup pot and add the rice.
  • Cook, covered, until the rice is puffy and tender – about 25 minutes.
  • Remove the soup from the beat and add the milk and egg mixture – stirring carefully.
  • Continue to cook for a minute until everything thickens.
  • Remove from the heat again and add and butter, parsley and lemon juice.
  • (You may wish to add some grated lemon peel, but I don’t.
  • Add salt and pepper if you wish.
  • )
  • That’s it!!
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Course Soup