Meatball Soup with an Egg-Lemon Sauce (Giouvarelakia me Augolemono). Serve this extra warming Greek meatball soup, while still hot with a sprinkle of chopped parsley. For the avgolemono sauce we used only the egg-yolks. The result was a creamier egg-lemon sauce than the ones we made in previous egg-lemon sauce recipes like the vegetarian magiritsa, the chicken soup and the pork stew with celery.
Stews and soups, especially in an avgolemono sauce, are very popular in Greece.
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.
Knead for a few minutes, then shape into walnut-sized meatballs and set aside.
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)
- It's 500 grams of ground beef.
- It's 1 of medium Egg.
- It's 1 of Onion diced.
- It's 1 of Carrot chopped.
- It's 1/4 cup of Olive Oil.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of White Grain Rice.
- You need 1 tablespoon of Dill diced.
- Prepare 1 of Lemon Juice.
- It's 2 of Potatoes chopped in cubes.
- Prepare 1 litre of Water.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of All Purpose Flour (optional).
- It's 1 teaspoon of Salt.
- You need 1 teaspoon of Pepper.
In a soup pot, bring the water or stock to boil and add the meatballs. Greek chicken soup, giouvarlakia and my all time favourite magiritsa to name a few. Avgolemono is a mix of eggs (avgo) and lemons (lemonia) which is used in soups as a thickener and to add a sour note. The addition of the sour taste to dishes has been adored in our cooking for millenia.
Meatball Soup with an Egg-Lemon Sauce (Giouvarelakia me Augolemono) instructions
- 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!!!.
Youvarlakia is a traditional Greek meatball soup with rice, egg, and lemon. A very comforting and nourishing family meal made on a budget. 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. The Greek Meatballs recipe is famous in greece as a typical soup recipe for the winter.