Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 pints vegetable stock
  • 1/2 pint dry cider
  • 2 ounces short-grain brown rice
  • salt & pepper
  • 2 lemons, juiced, rind grated
  • 2 tablespoons chives, snipped
  • 4 thin lemon slices (to garnish)

Method

  • Simmer the stock, cider & rice in a covered pot with salt, pepper & lemon rind for 40 minutes.
  • Puree & return to the pot.
  • Mix in the lemon juice & simmer gently.
  • Cool & skim any fat that might appear on the surface.
  • Chill.
  • Sprinkle with the chives & garnish each bowl with a slice of lemon.
  • Serve.