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Meatball Soup with an Egg-Lemon Sauce (Giouvarelakia me Augolemono)

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My mom asked me yesterday what I was thinking of posting for my next recipe this week, I had decided that I was going to make Giouvarelakia – Greek Meatball Soup.  We had taken out all the ingredients, set them on the counter, but before I could start cooking I had a few things to do.  When I finally went to the kitchen, to my surprise  my mom went ahead and did everything from combining the ingredients to cooking the soup.. So, this means I have no other pictures than the featured image to show how this is prepared. I do apologise.  🙂

This is a lovely, warm winter soup that combines beef, rice, dill and many more ingredients, that will satisfy that hungry feeling when your coming in from the cold.  It has been rather cold here and what else better to eat than soups. 🙂  This one though is different because it also has that tasty addition of lemon juice which just gives each spoonful a WOW taste.  (I was going to write a WOW factor but I think that would be a bit too much) hahaha

I hope you enjoy this lovely soup recipe 😉

MEATBALL SOUP WITH AN EGG-LEMON SAUCE (GIOUVARELAKIA ME AUGOLEMONO)

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Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams ground beef
  • 1 medium Egg
  • 1 Onion diced
  • 1 Carrot chopped
  • 1/4 cup Olive Oil
  • 1/4 cup White Grain Rice
  • 1 tablespoon Dill diced
  • 1 Lemon Juice
  • 2 Potatoes chopped in cubes
  • 1 litre of Water
  • 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour optional
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Pepper

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl combine all the ingredients by hand, except for the egg and the lemon. juice.
  • Take a small piece of the meat mixture and make a small meatball.
  • Dip each meatball into flour and shake off the excess flour before putting into the water.
  • In a large sauce pot add water, carrot, potatoes and the meatballs, cook for 1 hour on low heat.
  • 6) 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.

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

24 Comments

  3. Tasty Eats Ronit Penso
    January 11, 2018 at 3:54 pm  ·  Reply
    I love lemony soups and this looks so tasty. :)
  4. mistimaan
    January 11, 2018 at 4:44 pm  ·  Reply
    Looks tasty :)
  5. jyo
    January 11, 2018 at 5:36 pm  ·  Reply
    Delightful for sure Sophie ✌✌
  6. Karin, theaustriandish
    January 11, 2018 at 7:32 pm  ·  Reply
    That looks delicious, Sophie :)
  7. Margaret from soulfood101blog
    January 11, 2018 at 11:46 pm  ·  Reply
    :):) your mom is so sweet :):) the soup sounds wow ;):)
  8. Rini
    January 12, 2018 at 12:14 am  ·  Reply
    Looks like an interesting combination. Can't say I've ever mixed meatballs with lemon or egg before.
    • foodzesty
      January 12, 2018 at 7:33 am  ·  Reply
      Thanks Ursula....How are you coping with the cold up there? I follow this fantastic travel blogger and yesterday she posted about the cold in Canada, I couldn't stop laughing, she started off here post with "It gets STUPID COLD in Canada"hahahahha..
  10. Sumith
    January 12, 2018 at 7:51 am  ·  Reply
    Flavour filled Greek meat balls. Absolutely loved it. Thanks for the share Sophie.

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