Fennel Avgolemono Soup
photo by *Parsley*
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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7 cups
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
- 1 (1/2 lb) fennel bulb, trimmed and cut lengthwise into julienne strips (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 3 tablespoons fennel leaves, minced
- 2 shallots, minced
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 1⁄2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 large egg yolks
directions
- In a large heavy saucepan cook the julienned fennel and the shallots in the butter over moderately low heat, stirring occassionally, for 5 minutes. Add the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Simmer the mixture, covered for 15 minutes or until the fennel is just tender but not soft, and remove the pan from the heat.
- In a heatproof bowl whisk together the lemon juice and the yolks. Whisk 1 cup of the soup liquid, a little at a time, into the yolk mixture. Add yolk mixture to the soup, whisking.
- Return soup to the stove and reheat over low heat, stirring constantly.
- Stir in the minced fennel leaves just prior to serving.
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Reviews
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This was our first time eating avgolemono. Very light, very tangy and cooling on a hot afternoon...14 y/o son says he would eat it again. I paired it with a toasted cheese panini (swiss and colby jack.) I added lemon basil leaves in the sandwiches, and it went together well. I chose this recipe because I had a leek and a small fennel bulb to use, and we love lemon. Our local lemons here in Hawaii sometimes have a calamansi-type twang to them, don't know if it changed the flavor. I think I need more fennel; could not taste it at all. Would try it again!
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