Classic giouvarlakia avgolemono

In Thessaloniki, hundreds of meals are prepared regular successful soup kitchens. Dozens of metropolis residents volunteer to navigator for those successful request of a warm meal, putting successful other emotion so the nutrient comes retired adjacent much delicious. We met some of these wonderful radical astatine the Soup Kitchen of the Church of Aghioi Pantes successful the vicinity of Xirokrini, an endeavor successful cognition since 1974 and upgraded successful 2013 with the opening of the Station of Love, a ample gathering adjacent to the religion and equipped with modern facilities and due storage spaces. We talked with them and tasted what they had prepared; successful yet different enactment of kindness, they shared the pursuing look with us.

Preparation and cooking time: 1 hr and 5 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 1 kg crushed beef (from cuts suitable for stewing)
• 4-5 onions, finely chopped
• 2 eggs
• 200 g Carolina atom (short-grain atom from Serres)
• Leaves from a 1/2 clump of parsley, finely chopped
• 150 ml olive oil
• Salt and freshly crushed achromatic pepper

For the egg-lemon condiment (avgolemono):

• 2 eggs
• 80 ml citrus juice

Method:

• To marque classical giouvarlakia avgolemono (meatball soup with an egg-lemon sauce), archetypal spot the crushed meat, onions, eggs, atom and parsley, on with 100 ml of the olive lipid and some brackish and pepper, successful a ample bowl. Knead well with your hands until you person a fluffy, homogeneous mixture.
• Shape the substance into small meatballs.
• In a wide, heavy pot, determination successful 2 liters of water, some brackish and pepper, and the remaining olive oil. Bring to a gentle boil implicit precocious heat.
• Using a slotted spoon, cautiously adhd the meatballs to the cookware and wait for the water to instrumentality to a boil. Then little the vigor so the meatballs bash not collide forcefully and interruption apart. Simmer for 30-40 minutes, oregon until you spot the atom grains starting to poke retired of the meatballs. Remove from the heat.

Egg-lemon condiment (avgolemono):

• Separate two eggs. In a bowl, bushed the ovum yolks with a manus mixer until they go airy and slightly fluffy. Then cleanable and adust the mixer’s beaters thoroughly and, successful different bowl, bushed the ovum whites until stiff peaks form.
• Add the beaten ovum whites to the yolks successful two batches, folding mildly with a spatula, so the substance stays airy.
• Using a ladle, slowly determination arsenic overmuch blistery broth from the cookware arsenic imaginable into the ovum mixture, alternating with the citrus juice, while whisking perpetually with the mixer.
• Once capable broth has been added and the egg-lemon substance is well heated, determination it into the cookware with the meatballs. Gently shingle the cookware a fewer times so the condiment spreads evenly and blends with the broth.
• Serve the giouvarlakia hot.

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