Spring Onion And Mushroom Soup With An Almond Glaze

There is an in-between-ness to this life. God gives us great promises in the gospel. Then He calls us to wait for their fulfillment. He doesn’t give us everything right away. He calls us to wait. In between the giving and the fulfilling of God’s promises, the waiting can be hard. Sometimes it can seem impossible to endure, because what we’re stuck in for now doesn’t just fall short of God’s great promises. Our experience can be the opposite of God’s great promises. Living in-between is not easy. But God’s greatest gift is not always what we think. God’s greatest gift is Himself. And He does give Himself right now. His own reality and presence and nearness and immediacy and smile: “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted” (Psalm 34:18), “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth” (Psalm 145:18). That is not a consolation prize, not something we have to settle for. There is nothing greater in all this world. We don’t understand how God draws near and we can’t control Him. But this is real, very real, very wonderful. As we stumble forward, God’s real presence gives us strength to wait without self-pity but with resilient good cheer.

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy, Eggs		Chefs, Surprise	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

8		Carrots, roughly chopped
2		Onions, roughly chopped
4		Sticks celery, roughly
		chopped
4		Chicken legs
4	pt	Water
2	oz	Butter
2	oz	Flour
3	pt	Chicken stock
4		Carrots, roughly chopped
4		Sticks celery, roughly
		chopped
1		Leek, roughly chopped
1		Onion, roughly chopped
10		Mushrooms, sliced
2		Spring onions, roughly
		chopped
1/4	pt	Cream
1		Egg yolk
1	oz	Flaked almonds

INSTRUCTIONS

Stock, boil the water and add the vegetables. Add the chicken and
bring to the boil. Simmer for 2-4 hours.  Soup, melt the butter in a
pan and add the vegetables. Sprinkle with  the flour. This forms the
thickening agent for the soup. Next add the  stock. Add the mushrooms,
spring onions, salt and pepper and cook for  45 minutes.  When cooked,
place in a food processor until well blended. Finish by  adding the egg
and cream to give it a glaze. Ladle into bowls and  serve with a few
flaked almonds on top.  Converted by MC_Buster.  Converted by MM_Buster
v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 2501 Calories From Fat: 1077 Total Fat: 122g Cholesterol: 508.2mg Sodium: 5297.5mg Potassium: 8796mg Carbohydrates: 283.9g Fiber: 67.8g Sugar: 100.3g Protein: 94.5g