GREEK MEATBALL SOUP (GIOUVARLAKIA)

An easy and quick soup! Ideal for cold winter days!

Ingredients

500 g minced beef

1 onion

1 tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

3 tbsp oil

1 tsp parsley

6 tbs of short grain rice

 In the pot

1 ½ liter of water

2 tbsp oil

1 tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

 Egg-lemon sauce

1 egg

1-2 lemons

Directions

In a bowl, grate the onion and add the minced meat, salt, pepper and oil

Wash and chop the parsley and add it

Wash the rice and put it in the bowl

Knead well to combine the ingredients

Shape into small meatballs of the same size (about 19-20)

In the pot

Add the water, oil, salt and pepper

As soon as the water boils (bubbles), pour in the yuvarlaki(meatballs)one by one

When the rice is done it is ready in about 20 minutes

On medium heat

Egg-lemon sauce

Squeeze the lemons

In a bowl, separate the yolk from the white

Beat the egg white well with a fork or wire whisk

Add the yolk and continue beating

Pour in the lemon juice

Take 5-6 ladles of hot soup from the pot and pour slowly into the bowl, continuing to beat **

Remove the food from the stove top

Pour in the mixture and mix the soup very well

** when adding the hot soup to the egg don’t stop beating because the egg will curdle

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