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Greek · Soup

Egg and Lemon Fish Soup

A clear fish stock made from heads and bones, simmered with rice and finished with a silky egg and lemon liaison. Serve with a trickle of good olive oil.

  • Yieldserves 6
  • Hands-on40 min
  • Total2 h 29 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 2 kgfish heads, backbones and trimmings, from white fish
  • 2 Lwater
  • 2small onions, peeled
  • 4small carrots, scraped and quartered
  • 70 gcelery, chopped, with leaves
  • 3 tbspflat-leaf parsley, coarsely chopped
  • 2 tspsalt
  • to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground
  • 75 gshort-grain white rice
  • 3eggs
  • 60 mllemon juice, from 1 lemon
  • to tasteextra virgin olive oil, for drizzling

Diet

  • Pescatarian

Contains

  • Egg
  • Fish
  • Celery
  • Sulfites
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Rice
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Leek
  • Carrot
  • Thyme
  • Parsley
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat

Texture

  • Brothy

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • One pot

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: low
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: low

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