serves
4
prep
15 minutes
cook
30 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
4
people
preparation
15
minutes
cooking
30
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 500 g ground beef
- ¼ cup long-grain uncooked white rice, rinsed
- 1 cup onion, grated
- 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp fresh ground black pepper
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 cups (1 L) chicken stock
Lemon-egg sauce
- 3 eggs
- 3 tbsp (60 ml) fresh lemon juice
- 2 tbsp dill, chopped for garnish
Instructions
- Use hands to mix together beef, rice, onion, dill, parsley, salt, pepper, egg, and olive oil in a large bowl. Roll beef mixture into 16 small meatballs.
- Place meatballs in a large saucepan full of the chicken stock.
- Bring stock to a boil, then lower heat, cover, and simmer for about 30 minutes, or until meat is cooked through. Remove saucepan from the heat.
- To prepare the soup, beat eggs vigorously in a bowl until they are frothy. Add lemon juice to frothy eggs slowly, stirring constantly. Ladle some of the hot chicken broth into the egg-lemon mixture to temper it, stirring constantly as you do, then stir the entire egg-lemon mixture into the saucepan with the hot chicken broth.
- Add meatballs into 4 individual serving bowls, then ladle some of the soup over each bowl.
- Sprinkle with fresh dill.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
