Green Bean Soup

Ingredients

• •1/2 kg fresh green beans
• •5 cups water
• •2 tbsp margarine
• •2 tbsp flour
• •1 cup milk
• •1 egg yolk
• •Juice of 1/2 lemon
• •1 tsp red pepper
• •1 tbsp butter

Preparation

1. 1

   Trim the strings off the beans and cut into 1 cm pieces.

2. 2

   Put in a pot, add hot salted water and cook.

3. 3

   Melt the margarine in a pan and toast the flour until pink.

4. 4

   Add the milk to the toasted flour little by little, stirring constantly so it doesn't lump.

5. 5

   When the mixture reaches a boza consistency, boil once over low heat.

6. 6

   Add the boiled beans with their liquid to the flour mixture and boil 2-3 minutes.

7. 7

   Make a tempering by whisking the egg with lemon juice.

8. 8

   Work the mixture slowly into the boiling soup and take off the heat.

9. 9

   Heat the butter with red pepper in a pan and drizzle over the soup.

10. 10

    Serve hot.