Magiritsa I

Description
Magiritsa is the soup that Greeks break their 40 days fasting with after the midnight liturgy on Easter Saturday.



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

Avgolemono Sauce
 * 2 eggs
 * juice of 2 lemons

Serves 6 persons!

Directions
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.