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- From: kyrimis@tilt.UUCP (Kriton Kyrimis)
- Newsgroups: mod.recipes
- Subject: RECIPE: Greek "avgolemono" egg/lemon chicken soup
- Date: 3 Jan 86 03:45:58 GMT
- Organization: Princeton University
- Approved: reid@glacier.ARPA
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE AVGOLEMONO SP "26 Dec 85" 1986
- .RZ "CHICKEN SOUP AVGOLEMONO" "Greek style egg & lemon chicken soup"
- .I "Avgolemono"
- in greek means "egg and lemon" and is the most popular technique for
- preparing soup in Greece. So much so, that unless stated otherwise,
- when one talks of soup, one means avgolemono soup. What follows is a
- recipe for my favourite, chicken soup, but feel free to substitute
- any kind of meat or fish broth for the chicken.
- .IH "Serves four -hungry- people"
- .IG "64 oz" "chicken broth" "2 l"
- (You can get away with instant broth, but make sure it is of
- good quality. I usually use Knorr Chicken Bouillon cubes)
- .IG "4 Tbsp" "white rice" "50 g"
- (Unconverted\(em\fInot\fR Uncle Ben's!!!)
- .IG "2" "eggs"
- (large, or use 3 small or medium eggs)
- .IG "1" "lemon"
- .IG "\(12 Tbsp" "salt" "7.5 ml"
- (or more to taste)
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Bring the broth to a boil, and add the rice and salt. Let rice cook for
- 15\-20 minutes.
- .SK 2
- Remove pot from stove and let it cool for a while.
- .SK 3
- Separate the whites from the egg-yolks, and beat the whites in a large bowl,
- until they thicken a little. Add the yolks and the juice of the lemon, and
- beat until you get a uniform mixture.
- .SK 4
- Now
- .I carefully,
- using a ladle, pour some of the warm broth into the egg mixture, while
- beating continuously. When your bowl is full, pour the contents back into
- the remaining broth, and stir until you get a uniform mixture.
- .SK 5
- Now serve and, I hope, enjoy!
- .NX
- The process of steps 3 and 4 is known in greek as "avgokomma", and describes
- both this process and what will happen if you are not very careful\(emthe egg
- will coagulate and spoil everything! In order to avoid such an unfortunate
- occurrence, you must let the broth cool a little before adding the egg. This
- can easily be done by starting to beat the eggs only after you have removed
- the broth from the stove, thus giving time to the broth to cool. However, if
- you're in a hurry, you can pour a small glass of cold water into the broth
- (which will obviously make the soup more diluted). The broth must be poured
- slowly into the egg and lemon mixture, but the two must be blended quickly
- (use of an electric mixer is recommended).
- .PP
- The original recipe does not require beating the whites separately, so
- you can simply beat the eggs whole until the whites blend with the yolks,
- and then add the lemon. If you prepare the eggs this way, the soup will be
- a little less smooth.
- .PP
- The soup can be kept in the refrigerator for a day or two. Be careful not to
- bring it to a boil when re-heating it, because the egg will coagulate.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate (handling of eggwhites in soup takes experience).
- .I Time:
- 30 minutes.
- .I Precision:
- Approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- Kriton Kyrimis
- Princeton University, Computer Science Dept.
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