Milk Street: Lemony olive oil sauce enriches Greek beef and rice meatballs

Milk Street: Lemony olive oil sauce enriches Greek beef and rice meatballs

Greek avgolemono (ahv-guh-LEM-uh-no) is a creamy but tart mix of lemon and whipped eggs used to thicken sauces and soups. It's particularly tasty with youvarlakia (yo-var-LAH-kya) avgolemono, in which beef and rice meatballs dot a lemony soup that's rich and…

Milk Street: Lemony olive oil sauce enriches Greek beef and rice meatballs

Greek avgolemono (ahv-guh-LEM-uh-no) is a creamy but tart mix of lemon and whipped eggs used to thicken sauces and soups. It's particularly tasty with youvarlakia (yo-var-LAH-kya) avgolemono, in which beef and rice meatballs dot a lemony soup that's rich and…

Milk Street: Lemony olive oil sauce enriches Greek beef and rice meatballs

Greek avgolemono (ahv-guh-LEM-uh-no) is a creamy but tart mix of lemon and whipped eggs used to thicken sauces and soups. It's particularly tasty with youvarlakia (yo-var-LAH-kya) avgolemono, in which beef and rice meatballs dot a lemony soup that's rich and…

Milk Street: Lemony olive oil sauce enriches Greek beef and rice meatballs

Greek avgolemono (ahv-guh-LEM-uh-no) is a creamy but tart mix of lemon and whipped eggs used to thicken sauces and soups. It's particularly tasty with youvarlakia (yo-var-LAH-kya) avgolemono, in which beef and rice meatballs dot a lemony soup that's rich and…

Lemony olive oil sauce enriches Greek beef and rice meatballs

In Greek cooking, lemon and whipped eggs are a classic — and essential — combination. It’s called avgolemono, a creamy but tart combination used to thicken sauces and soups, and that gives so many Greek dishes their characteristic tangy richness.

Lemony olive oil sauce enriches Greek beef and rice meatballs

In Greek cooking, lemon and whipped eggs are a classic — and essential — combination. It’s called avgolemono, a creamy but tart combination used to thicken sauces and soups, and that gives so many Greek dishes their characteristic tangy richness.