Avgolemono

Avgolemono
Type	Sauce and soup
Main ingredients	Eggs, lemon juice, broth
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Avgolemono (Greek: αυγολέμονο or αβγολέμονο)^[1] or egg–lemon is a family of sauces and soups made with egg yolk and lemon juice mixed with broth, heated until they thicken. They are found in Greek, Arab, Sephardic Jewish, Turkish, Balkan and Jewish-Italian cuisine.

In Sephardic Jewish cuisine, it is called agristada or salsa blanco, and in Jewish-Italian, bagna brusca, brodettato, or brodo brusco.^[2] In Arabic, it is called tarbiya or beida bi-lemoune 'egg with lemon'; and in Turkish terbiye. It is also widely used in Balkan cuisine.^[3]

History[]

Although often considered a Greek dish, avgolemono is originally Sephardic Jewish: agristada has been described by Claudia Roden as the "cornerstone of Sephardic cooking."^[4]

Agristada was made by Jews in Iberia before the expulsion from Spain with verjuice, pomegranate juice, or bitter orange juice, but not vinegar. In later periods, lemon became the standard acidic ingredient.^[2]

Sauce[]

As a sauce, it is used for warm dolma, for vegetables like artichokes, and roast meats. According to Joyce Goldstein, the dish terbiyeli köfte is made by frying meatballs until they are cooked through, then preparing a pan sauce by deglazing the pan and using the cooking juices to temper the avgolemono, which is served over the meatballs.^[5]

In some Middle Eastern cuisines, it is used as a sauce for chicken or fish. Among Italian Jews, it is served as a sauce for pasta or meat.^[6]

Soup[]

Avgolemono can also be used to thicken soups and stews. Yuvarlakia is a Greek meatball soup made with rice and meat meatballs that are cooked in liquid. Avgolemono is added to the soup to thicken it.^[7] Magiritsa soup is a Greek avgolemono soup of lamb offal served to break the fast of Great Lent.

For some Sephardic Jews, this soup (also called sopa de huevo y limón) is a traditional way to break the Yom Kippur fast.^[4]

As a soup, avgolemono usually starts with chicken broth, though meat (usually lamb), fish, or vegetable broths are also used. Typically, rice, orzo, pastina, or tapioca^[8] are cooked in the broth before the mixture of eggs and lemon is added. Its consistency varies from near-stew to near-broth.^{[citation needed]} It is often served with pieces of the meat and vegetables reserved from the broth.

The soup is usually made with whole eggs, but sometimes with just yolks.^{[citation needed]} The whites may be beaten into a foam separately before mixing with the yolks and lemon juice, or whole eggs may be beaten with the lemon juice. The starch of the pasta or rice contributes to stabilizing the emulsion.

References[]

^ Babiniotis, Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Gil Marks, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, 2010, ISBN 0-470-39130-8, p. 5
^ , Balkan Food and Cookery, 1995, ISBN 0-907325-57-2, p. 349
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Emily Paster (October 2, 2019). "This Greek Chicken Soup Has a Surprising Sephardic History". The Nosher (blog).
^ Goldstein, Jource (2016). The New Mediterranean Jewish Table: Old World Recipes for the Modern Home. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520284999.
^ Joyce Esersky Goldstein, Cucina Ebraica: Flavors of the Italian Jewish Kitchen, 1998, ISBN 0-8118-1969-8, p. 166
^ "Meatball soup (giouvarlakia)". SBS.
^ Claudia Roden, A Book of Middle Eastern Food, 1968, ISBN 978-0-394-71948-1, p. 111

Bibliography[]

Alan Davidson, The Oxford Companion to Food, Oxford, 1999. ISBN 0-19-211579-0.

[1] Babiniotis, Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας

[marks-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Gil Marks, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, 2010, ISBN 0-470-39130-8, p. 5

[3] , Balkan Food and Cookery, 1995, ISBN 0-907325-57-2, p. 349

[origin-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Emily Paster (October 2, 2019). "This Greek Chicken Soup Has a Surprising Sephardic History". The Nosher (blog).

[5] Goldstein, Jource (2016). The New Mediterranean Jewish Table: Old World Recipes for the Modern Home. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520284999.

[6] Joyce Esersky Goldstein, Cucina Ebraica: Flavors of the Italian Jewish Kitchen, 1998, ISBN 0-8118-1969-8, p. 166

[7] "Meatball soup (giouvarlakia)". SBS.

[8] Claudia Roden, A Book of Middle Eastern Food, 1968, ISBN 978-0-394-71948-1, p. 111

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