~ Hot orange soup with wafers Recipe ~

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       Title: Hot Orange Soup with Wafers
  Categories: Soups/stews, Ethnic
       Yield: 6 servings
  
       5 c  Water                               6    Thin slices of orange
     3/4 c  Rock sugar                          6    Thin slices of lime
       4 c  Fresh orange juice                  6    Maraschino cherries
       1 tb Preserved ginger, in syrup          6    Mint leaves
       3 tb Cornstarch paste                   12    Vanilla cream wafers
  
   Preparation:  Squeeze orange juice, strain.  Break up rock sugar.  Mince
   preserved ginger.
   
   Cooking:  Combine water and rock sugar; bring to boil.  When rock sugar is
   dissolved, add orange juice and cornstarch paste; stir.  Cornstarch paste
   should give soup a light body.  Pour into individual warmed bowls; add
   preserved ginger to each serving.  Float orange and lime slice and a
   cherry; garnish with mint leaf. Serve with wafers.
  
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