Avgolemono Soup

Ingredients

475 ml milk
16 gr cornstarch
6 egg yolks
1,900 ml basic chicken stock
60 gr long rice
1/2 stick butter
240 ml lemon juice
1 lemon peel
1 salt and pepper

Instructions

Stir the milk and cornstarch together and beat in the egg yolks. Set aside. Bring the stock to boil in a 4 litre soup pot and add the rice. Cook, covered, until the rice is puffy and tender, about 25 min. Remove the soup form heat, add milk and egg mixture, stirring carefully. Continue to cook for a moment until all thickens. Remove from the heat again and add the butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice. You may wish to add some grated lemon peel as well. ----