Magiritsa soup

The period of healthy nutrition with veggies is continuing. Another day of going through old recipes I haven’t made for a while trying to enrich our plates in flavours.

''Magiritsa'' is a particularly thick and filling soup made from lamb offal combined with vegetables and herbs and finished off with an egg lemony sauce ‘’avgolemono’’.

This Greek Easter soup recipe is prepared on Holy Saturday and eaten to break the fast after midnight church services.

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A traditional Greek Magiritsa recipe (Greek easter soup), perfect for your Easter family dinner! Magiritsa is a unique Greek soup made from lamb offal and romaine lettuce, garnished with fresh herbs and finished of with a delicious egg lemon sauce (Avgolemono).

Magiritsa soup and Greek Easter go hand-in-hand. After fasting for 40 days, Greek Orthodox Christians break their fast after midnight church services with a heaping bowl of this lamb soup laced with an egg-lemon sauce.

This is my very OWN recipe for a great, beyond delicious, thick soup, that I always prepare on Good Saturday to eat after midnight! The authentic Magiritsa soup is made with lamb's offal (liver, lungs etc.) and intestines. I have been looking for a lighter alternative, so this is my easy Magiritsa soup made with chicken! #magiritsa #eastersoup #Μαγειρίτσα #chicken #Eatgreek #Foodfeed #homemadefood #greece #greek #greekrecipes #greekfood #delicious #homecooking #lovefood #greekcookingmadeeasy

This soup was probably invented to use up the offal from the lamb or kid to be roasted for the Easter Sunday feast.

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