A Thought for Today
Give a man a fish and you fed him for one day;Teach a man to fish and you fed him for life.
Chinese proverb
A Piece of My Work
I made this head with a new technique and I liked it. Viewers felt that it is the best I made to date.I call it "The Aristocrat"
A Recipe for Today
Avgolemono Soup
Ingredients:
1 qt. cups
chicken broth
1/3 cup long
grain rice or Arborio rice
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
3 egg yolks
3 Tbsp. lemon
juice
2 tsp. cornstarch
2 tbsp. parsley,
finely chopped
Lemon slices
and parsley sprigs for garnish
Procedure:
Bring stock
to simmering. Add the drained rice. Half cover and cook for about 15 min. until
the rice is tender. Season with salt and pepper.
Whisk the egg
yolks in a bowl. Add 2 Tbsp. lemon juice whisking constantly until the mixture
is smooth and bubbly. Repeat this step after adding 2 Tbsp. of lemon juice. Add
2 tsp. cornstarch and continue whisking. Add a ladleful of hot stock and whisk
again for 1-2 min.
Remove the
soup from the heat and slowly add the egg-lemon mixture whisking all the time.
Stir in the
parsley. Serve without reheating, garnished with lemon slices and parsley
sprigs.
Makes 6
servings.
