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Meatballs lemon sauce  

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4 servings

Ingredients:

 

750gr lean minced beef

1 medium onion finely chopped

1 large fresh egg

125gr butter

½-cup rice, rinsed with cold water

3 tablespoons chopped parsley

Salt and some ground white pepper

 

Eggs and lemon sauce Avgolemono

   Or you can use the following:

2 large fresh eggs and one yolk

Juice of two lemons, or more

 

Preparation method

Shape into round 2.5cm balls and refrigerate for up two hours.

Place meatballs in cooking pot with 3 cups of water and boil them on moderate heat for 20 minutes.

Skim and discard any fat or scum that floats on top of the balls. After skimming add butter, boil for two more minutes.

Eggs and lemon sauce Avgolemono

2 large fresh eggs and one yolk

Juice of two lemons, or more

Close the heat and in bowl whisk the white of the eggs until frothy. Add one by one egg yolks and continue whisking adding slowly lemon juice, ensuring that the mixture doesn’t curdle.

After pour slowly thin stream two warm ladles of the meatballs juices.

Empty the lemon sauce in the meatballs and tilde pot back and forth to incorporate both sauces together.

Do not boil and do not microwave. Serve hot with sprinkles of finely chopped parsley.

Boiled wedged potatoes can be served.

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