Meatball Soup with an Egg-Lemon Sauce (Giouvarelakia me Augolemono). A hearty and delicious traditional Greek recipe perfect for a cold winter's day! Youvarlakia or giouvarlakia is a famous Greek meatball soup, which is full of Mediterranean flavors, juicy meatballs and finished off with a delicious egg lemon sauce (avgolemono). While the meatballs are cooking, you prepare a simple avgolemono sauce, which is made by separating eggs, and whipping egg whites and lemon juice together to create a frothy mixture.
It's pretty similar to the classic Avgolemono Chicken Soup and the Stuffed Cabbage Rolls With Avgolemono. And if you didn't get it by now, Avgolemono stands for Egg & Lemon. Stews and soups, especially in an avgolemono sauce, are very popular in Greece. You can cook Meatball Soup with an Egg-Lemon Sauce (Giouvarelakia me Augolemono) using 13 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Meatball Soup with an Egg-Lemon Sauce (Giouvarelakia me Augolemono)
- Prepare 500 grams of ground beef.
- You need 1 of medium Egg.
- It’s 1 of Onion diced.
- Prepare 1 of Carrot chopped.
- It’s 1/4 cup of Olive Oil.
- You need 1/4 cup of White Grain Rice.
- Prepare 1 tablespoon of Dill diced.
- You need 1 of Lemon Juice.
- You need 2 of Potatoes chopped in cubes.
- You need 1 litre of Water.
- You need 1/2 cup of All Purpose Flour (optional).
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of Salt.
- It’s 1 teaspoon of Pepper.
One of my favorite dishes, Youvarlakia Avgolemono (Greek meatball soup), combines everything I love about a hearty soup with the light and zesty flavors that I enjoy from a Mediterranean dish. I am always creative with the meatball piece of the. Knead for a few minutes, then shape into walnut-sized meatballs and set aside. In a soup pot, bring the water or stock to boil and add the meatballs.
Meatball Soup with an Egg-Lemon Sauce (Giouvarelakia me Augolemono) step by step
- 1) In a large bowl combine all the ingredients by hand, except for the egg and the lemon. juice. 2) Take a small piece of the meat mixture and make a small meatball. 3) Dip each meatball into flour and shake off the excess flour before putting into the water. 4) In a large sauce pot add water, carrot, potatoes and the meatballs, cook for 1 hour on low heat..
- 5) Whisk egg white, slowly add in the lemon juice along with about 50 ml of the hot soup. Continue to whisk add in the egg yolk. Once this sauce has slightly thickened add into the meatball soup and serve hot. It is a pretty simple soup once you get the whisking and boiling out of the way. 😉 Kali Orexi!!!.
Add chopped onion, celery, carrot, zucchini and potato. Add salt and pepper to taste. Jump to Recipe Greek Meatballs with Avgolemono sauce Greek Meatballs with Avgolemono – Giovarlakia, is a Greek traditional dish. This dish is made with pork and veal mince and mixed with a bunch of fresh herbs. The meatballs swim in a delicious Avgolemono sauce.
