Maria's lemon cold soup

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 large lemon(s)
• 1 liter of water
• 25 g cornstarch
• 4 tbsp sugar (or less)
• 1 slice(s) white bread or toast
• 1 tbsp butter

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Rest time approx. 5 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

easy and quick to prepare

Halve the lemon and squeeze out the juice. Reserve about 2-3 tablespoons of the water. Bring the remaining water to a boil with the lemon juice and add the sugar. Stir the cornstarch into the reserved water until smooth, then whisk it into the boiling lemon water, mix well, and bring back to a boil. Allow to cool. While the hot lemon cold soup is cooling, cut the white bread or toast into small cubes. Heat the butter in a pan and toast the bread cubes in the butter until browned, taking care not to let them get too brown. Ladle the cooled cold soup into soup bowls and sprinkle the cooled bread cubes on top of the cold soup just before serving.