Norwegian Cold Rhubarb Soup with Mint 

Ingredients:           
4 sticks of rhubarb
1/2 a stick of vanilla          
1 pt of water          
6oz sugar          
5 sprigs of mint          
1 lemon 
    
Procedure:           
Take the leaves of the mint sprigs. Peel the rhubarb and cut it into thin slices. Put the rhubarb peel in a saucepan with the water, sugar stick of vanilla, the juice of the lemon and the by now leafless mint sprigs, let it simmer for 10minutes. Sieve the liquid and add the rhubarb slices. Bring it to the boil, take off the heat and leave to cool. Cut the mint leaves into thin strips. Serve the soup ice cold with the chopped mint leaves on top.            

Serves 8 people

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