Rice Soup (Sopa de Arroz)

Ingredients

• 1 onza rice
• good meat broth
• onions, cut in thin rounds
• tomato
• whole peppercorns
• 1 clove garlic, ground
• 1 pimiento (pepper)
• oregano, chopped
• parsley, chopped
• grasa de chancho (pork lard) or butter
• salt
• fresh cheese, in slivers
• hard-boiled eggs, sliced
• fried sausage (salchicha), sliced

Instructions

1. Reckon one ounce of rice per person; wash it in warm water, rubbing well, and cook it slowly in good meat broth.
2. Make a sauce of thinly sliced onion rounds, tomato, whole peppercorns, a ground garlic clove, a pimiento, and chopped oregano and parsley, with pork lard (grasa de chancho) or butter and salt.
3. When the onion has browned after a boil, add broth from the stockpot and return it to the fire.
4. When it begins to boil, add the pre-cooked rice.
5. To serve, put slivers of fresh cheese, sliced hard-boiled egg, and slices of fried sausage into the tureen.