Magheritsa (Easter Soup)

Category: Soups, Stews and Chili

Cuisine: Greek

Ready in 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 Lamb liver

1 tb Water

1/4 c Dill; fresh, chopped

5 Green onions; chopped (tops

4 qt Water

2 tb Parsley chopped

1 ts Salt

1 Onion finely chopped

Salt

1/2 ts Dried mint

Pepper

1/4 c Salad oil

3 Eggs beaten

2 Lemons; juice of

3/4 c Rice (regular); uncooked

3 lb Spring lamg (shin & shouldr)


Directions

Boil lamb and liver in 4 quarts salted water about 1 hour or until done. Remove meat form broth and cut into small pieces. Skim fat from broth and add enough water to broth to make 3 quarts; add rice and simmer for 15 minutes. Saute onion in 1 tablespoon water and salad oil until lightly browned; add green onions, parsley, mint, and dill. Saute for 15 minutes. Add meat, onion mixture, salt, and pepper to rice and broth; simmer about 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Combine eggs and lemon juice; beat thoroughly until well blended. Slowly add 2 cups hot soup to egg-lemon mixture, beating constantly; gradually stir mixture into soup. heat to boiling point and remove from heat immediately. SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in the early 1970s Typed for you by Nancy Coleman

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