BBC Food - Recipes - Avgolemono soup

Name: BBC Food - Recipes - Avgolemono soup
Ingredients: bones from a 1.5kg/3lb 5oz chicken , or 450g/1lb wings and/or drumsticks, or leftover bones from a roasted chicken; 1 large carrot , roughly chopped; 2 celery sticks, roughly chopped; 2 leeks , washed and sliced; 2 bay leaves; 2 sprigs thyme; 8 free-range eggs; 1 1/2 litres/2½ pints chicken stock; 1 tsp salt; 1 skinless chicken breast , weighing about 170g/6oz; 100g/3½oz orzo pasta; 3 tbsp lemon juice; 30g/1oz butter; small handful chopped parsley; cayenne pepper

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I had never seen this egg-thickened soup served with a poached egg, but it seemed like a good idea so I tried it â€“ and it is. Like many a simple soup, its success depends on a really good...

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Ingredients

bones from a 1.5kg/3lb 5oz chicken , or 450g/1lb wings and/or drumsticks, or leftover bones from a roasted chicken
1 large carrot , roughly chopped
2 celery sticks, roughly chopped
2 leeks , washed and sliced
2 bay leaves
2 sprigs thyme
8 free-range eggs
1 1/2 litres/2½ pints chicken stock
1 tsp salt
1 skinless chicken breast , weighing about 170g/6oz
100g/3½oz orzo pasta
3 tbsp lemon juice
30g/1oz butter
small handful chopped parsley
cayenne pepper