Chilled Lemon Soup - cooking recipe

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)

Preparation

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.