EASTER LAMB SOUP
Steps:
- Wash the lamb head and neck thoroughly and place in a pot with the onions. Cover with cold water, season with salt, and simmer for about 1 hour, skimming the surface several times.
- Cut the intestines into several pieces and wash thoroughly under running water. If you like, slice them open so you can wash them more easily. In a separate pan, bring some salted water to a boil and add the intestines. Blanch for 2 minutes, then remove with a skimmer and discard the water. Chop the intestines finely. You don't need more than 1 cup of chopped intestines.
- The head and neck are done when the meat falls from the bones. Remove them from the pot. Using a sharp knife, cut open the head and separate the meat from the bones. Remove the meat from the neck and cut all the meat into small pieces. Strain the stock and discard the onions. Let the stock cool and remove the fat. (Up to this point, the preparations can be made a day ahead. You can refrigerate the meat and the stock, making it easier to skim off the fat.)
- To finish the soup, wash the liver well and cut it into small cubes. In a skillet, heat the olive oil and sauté the liver with the scallions and chili pepper, if using. Add the finely chopped meat and intestines, together with 1 cup of the dill, and turn a few times with a wooden spoon. Transfer the mixture to a pot and add the stock plus an equal amount of water, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 12 to 15 minutes. Taste and add more pepper and salt if needed.
- Beat the eggs in a large bowl with about 2 spoonfuls of water and the juice of 1 lemon. Slowly add cupfuls of the hot soup to the bowl, beating continuously with the whisk. When the egg mixture is very hot, pour it slowly into the pot, stirring well, over very low heat, to prevent curdling. Taste and add more lemon juice if needed. Sprinkle with the rest of the dill, and serve immediately.
- NOTE: Some people add 1/2 to 1 cup short-grain rice to the soup.
- If you hate the taste of boiled lamb, you can make an equally tasty magiritsa with chicken livers and chicken stock. There is even a meatless magiritsa. Sauté the scallions and dill, adding a few chopped leaves of romaine lettuce. Pour in water or stock and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Make the egg and lemon mixture as described above and serve.
GREEK EASTER LAMB SOUP WITH EGG LEMON SAUCE
Provided by Koula Barydakis
Time 2h
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Trim the lamb of most of the fat. Cut lamb into bite-sized pieces. If the bone is too thick to cut through, cut all the meat off, but save the bone.
- Add olive oil to a large pot on medium heat. Add lamb and bone(s) and saute for 10 minutes, stirring often.
- Add green onions and saute for another 3 minutes.
- Add 5 cups of water. Bring to a boil and then immediately lower to a simmer. Simmer covered for 30 minutes.
- Add lettuce, dill, salt, and pepper. Simmer for one hour.
- In a bowl, whisk together eggs and lemon juice.
- While whisking, ladle 2 ladlefuls of broth from the soup very slowly into the egg-lemon mixture. Make sure to keep whisking the whole time. You're trying to bring the temperature of the eggs up.
- Turn off the stove and remove the pot from the heat. Pour in the egg-lemon sauce and stir the soup immediately.
- It is important to not cover the soup, as the eggs may solidify.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 326 kcal, Carbohydrate 5 g, Protein 27 g, Fat 22 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 136 mg, Sodium 117 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 2 g, UnsaturatedFat 15 g, ServingSize 1 serving
GREEK LAMB STEW WITH EGG AND LEMON SAUCE
Provided by Food Network
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a casserole combine the lamb with enough water to cover, bring to a boil, skimming, and simmer 5 minutes. Drain.
- In a casserole set over moderate heat, heat oil until hot. Add onion, celery and carrot and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, or until vegetables are softened. Add stock, water, cheesecloth bag, marjoram, reserved lamb and salt to taste. Bring liquid to a boil and simmer, partially covered, for 1 1/2 hours.
- Transfer lamb to a platter and strain cooking liquid. Return lamb and cooking liquid to casserole, bring liquid to a boil and add artichokes. Simmer, partially covered, 20 to 25 minutes, or until lamb and artichokes are tender.
- In a bowl whisk eggs until thick and light. Whisk in lemon juice and 1 cup of hot stock, a little at a time. Add egg mixture to casserole and simmer over moderately low heat, stirring, until lightly thickened. Do not boil. Before serving stir in fresh dill.
EASTER LAMB SOUP WITH DOLMA
Try something different this Easter with a spectacular seasonal lamb soup. A special occasion soup from Crete, it's served with dolma - stuffed vine leaves
Provided by Marianna Leivaditaki
Categories Dinner, Supper
Time 1h50m
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Tip the oil, bay, oregano, onions, garlic and leeks into a large pan over a medium heat and cook gently for 10 mins until the onions and leeks soften and become translucent. Add the lamb along with the bone, and cook for 10 mins more until the lamb has started to colour. Pour in the wine, then add the lettuce. Cook for 5 mins more. Tip in 3 litres cold water, cover and cook for about 1 hr until the lamb is tender.
- Meanwhile, tip the herbs into a bowl with 1 tsp sea salt and the spinach. Rub the salt and herbs into the spinach with your hands for 2 mins until the herbs and spinach have wilted. When the lamb has had 40 mins, add half the herb and spinach mix to the pan and continue cooking for the remaining 20 mins. Remove the bone and discard, then remove the meat using a slotted spoon, transfer to a board and shred using two forks. Return the meat to the pan, remove from the heat and add the rest of the spinach mix.
- To make the dolma filling, spoon a third of the lamb and spinach from the soup into a bowl using a slotted spoon, then mix with the uncooked rice, 3 tbsp of the oil, the lemon juice and some seasoning. Spread the vine leaves out on a board and put a teaspoon of the filling in the centre of each. Roll each one up into a cigar shape, tucking in the ends as you go to enclose the filling. Arrange the dolma in a single layer in a small saucepan and drizzle with the rest of the oil and a ladleful of the soup. Cover and cook for 20 mins over a medium heat. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- Whisk the eggs with the lemon juice and a ladleful of the soup, then tip this back into the pan with the rest of the soup, then stir (off the heat) until the soup is glossy and silky. Put about three dolma in each bowl, ladle over the soup, sprinkle with some chilli flakes, if you like, and serve with lemon wedges on the side for squeezing over.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 435 calories, Fat 30 grams fat, SaturatedFat 10 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 13 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 4 grams sugar, Fiber 5 grams fiber, Protein 22 grams protein, Sodium 1.7 milligram of sodium
MY MUM'S 'MAGEIRITSA' OR GREEK LAMB SOUP
At Easter time, Greeks traditionally eat a soup made of lamb intestines, liver and other offal called 'Mageiritsa'. In my house ,there was no way any of us were going to eat something like that, so my mum came up with a simple lamb soup which we loved and waited all year to eat. When I got married, I rang my mum for the recipe and when she gave it to me I couldn't believe how simple it was. The secret is in the long simmering time. My kids and my husband love it and to me it is true comfort food. Thanks mum!
Provided by joanna_giselle
Categories Lamb/Sheep
Time 3h20m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Wash lamb pieces well and throw them in a tall pot covering them with cold water.
- Bring to the boil, skimming the pot frequently and then turn the heat down and simmer for 2 hours.
- Add the spring onion which has been washed and chopped coarsely (around 2cm pieces.) Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Simmer for another 20 minutes, then add the rice which has been rinsed and boil for another 15 minutes until the rice is cooked.
- Allow the soup to cool slightly and make an avgolemono or egg-lemon sauce.
- Separate the eggs and beat the whites for 5 minutes on low speed with a hand-held mixer until white. (It must not be firm or meringue-like.).
- Add yolks and beat briefly, then add the lemon juice in a thin stream until the mixture is fluffy.
- Then add hot soup in a thin trickle beating all the while at a low speed until most of the broth has been incorporated. You will need a large bowl to do this and you should tilt it at the beginning when you beat the egg whites so they are covered by the beaters.
- Be careful not to go too quickly or the egg will cook and curdle, it must be warmed up gradually.
- Tip the contents of the bowl back into the pot and mix lightly with a ladle.
- NOTE: The lamb here in Greece is very fatty so I don't add any oil at all to the soup but if you use leaner types of lamb (e.g. Australian or New Zealand) you may like to add 1/3 cup of oil to the soup.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 457.6, Fat 26.5, SaturatedFat 10.8, Cholesterol 202.5, Sodium 122.6, Carbohydrate 13.7, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 0.3, Protein 38.3
SLOW-COOKED GREEK EASTER LAMB WITH LEMONS, OLIVES & BAY
This authentic dish of meltingly tender leg of lamb is roasted with garlic, lemon and potatoes for an irresistible Sunday lunch centrepiece
Provided by Tonia Buxton
Categories Dinner, Lunch, Main course
Time 4h50m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Arrange the unpeeled garlic cloves, 3 bay leaves and the lemon quarters in a large roasting dish and cover with 200ml cold water. Sit the lamb on top, drizzle with the olive oil and rub it in all over.
- Using a small sharp knife, cut small incisions in the lamb skin, then tuck the remaining peeled and sliced garlic and bay leaves into these slits.
- Season the lamb well and sprinkle over the cinnamon. Cover tightly with foil and place in the oven. Immediately reduce the oven temperature to 150C/130C fan/gas 2. Leave to cook for 4 hrs, skimming the fat from the juices and removing the foil for the final 30 mins of cooking.
- After 1 hr, put the potato wedges in a large roasting tin, coat them in 4 tbsp olive oil and season well. Roast in the oven with the lamb for 11/2-2 hrs.
- Transfer the cooked lamb to a large piece of foil, wrap tightly and leave to rest for 20-30 mins. Check the potatoes are cooked (if you need to, turn the oven up to 220C/200C fan/gas 7 to finish cooking). Add the olives and wine to the pan juices, simmer them and keep warm until ready to carve. Serve the lamb thickly sliced with the olives, potatoes and Tahini & lemon sauce (see 'goes well with'), with the meat juices poured over at the last minute.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 740 calories, Fat 43 grams fat, SaturatedFat 11 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 28 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 1 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 59 grams protein, Sodium 1.8 milligram of sodium
GREEK LEMON SAUCE
This is a very healthy, delicately flavored yellow lemon sauce that is perfect over roasted leg of lamb. The Greeks often use it with lamb. The recipe is also very easy to prepare. This sauce may also be used in soups and stews.
Provided by ChefWhiz
Categories Sauces
Time 15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Bring broth to simmer in nonstick saucepan, lower heat and keep warm.
- Beat eggs with electric mixer until mixed.
- Blend half of warm broth into eggs in electric mixing bowl.
- Pour egg mixture into rest of warm broth in saucepan; heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture coats back of spoon (do not boil).
- Season with salt and pepper (optional).
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 45.7, Fat 2.7, SaturatedFat 0.8, Cholesterol 105.8, Sodium 162.3, Carbohydrate 1.2, Sugar 0.6, Protein 4
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