Meatballs with Egg

Description

Serves 4 people

Ingredients

• 250 g ground meat (pork)
• ⅕ glass rice
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 bunch parsley
• 2½ glasses water
• ½ tablespoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 1 large onion

Sauce

• 2 egg yolks or 1 egg
• ⅓ glass of water
• 1 lemon (the juice)

Directions

1. Grate the onion.
2. Boil rice in 3 glasses of water and drain.
3. Chop the parsley.
4. Add the onion, rice, black pepper and 1 teaspoon salt to the ground meat and knead for 3 minutes.
5. Moisten hands and form walnut sized balls of the meat, put them in a pan containing chopped parsley leaves and shake gently to coat meatballs with parsley.
6. Add 2½ glasses of water, the margarine and 1 teaspoon of salt to the pan and cover.
7. Cook over moderate heat for 30 minutes.
8. When the meatballs are cooked, put the egg yolks or the egg, the lemon juice and water for the sauce into a bowl and beat gently.
9. Add the sauce to the pan, stir a couple of times to blend and serve.
10. Instead of parsley you can put dried mint.