Easter midnight soup (Magiritsa)

INGREDIENTS

• a lamb's liver, heart, lights and intestines
• juice of 3 lemons
• salt
• 6 spring onions, trimmed, rinsed and finely sliced
• 25 gr. butter
• 2 cos lettuces, trimmed, shredded and rinsed carefully (use only their young leaves and hearts)
• about a teacupful of fresh dill or fennel, rinsed and finely chopped, or parsley
• 1.2 lt hot water
• salt and black pepper
• 60 gr. rice

AvgolemonoSauce
• 2 eggs
• juice of 2 lemons

METHOD

Rinse all the meat. Turn the intestines inside out with the help of a thin stick and rinse them thoroughly. Rub them with salt and lemon juice and rinse them again. Cube them into small portions. In a large saucepan, sautee the onions in the butter, until they start to change colour. Add the chopped intestines, liver, lights and heart, fry together for a few minutes, stirring. Add the shredded lettuces and all the fresh herbs and sautee for a few more minutes. Add the hot water, and seasoning, cover and cook for 30 minutes. Then add the rice and cook for a further 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let it stand for 10 minutes, before proceeding with the avgolemono sauce. Add the Avgolemono Sauce to the soup, stirring. Return to a very gentle heat for 2 minutes, stirring at the same time. It should be by now a quite a thick soup.

Serves / Yields : 6 persons

Source: www.greek-recipe.com