Oleana Yogurt Soup

== Ingredients ==
* 6 cups cubed bread (1 baguette, crust trimmed, torn or cut into pieces)
* 1 cup milk
* ½ cup olive oil plus extra for garnish
* ½ small white onion, minced
* 1 lb spinach, cleaned and stemmed
* salt and black pepper
* 1 egg
* ½ cup feta cheese
* 1 ¼ lbs coils of angel-hair vermicelli
* 8 cups good-quality chicken broth
* 3 cups Old Chatham plain yogurt (or any Greek yogurt)
* 3 egg yolks
* 2 tbsp flour
* 1 tbsp dried mint
* pinch of cayenne
* 2 tbsp sumac
== Directions ==
# Toss the bread cubes in the milk and let sit for 10 minutes.
# In a large skillet, heat half the oil.
# Add the onion.
# Cook over medium-low heat until onion is soft and translucent, about 3 minutes.
# Add spinach and cook until soft and tender, about 7 minutes more.
# Season to taste.
# Place the spinach in a sieve to drain.
# Meanwhile, squeeze out excess milk from the bread, little by little, and discard milk.
# When spinach has cooled, press it into sieve (or between your hands) and try to extract as much juice as possible.
# In a food processor, puree the spinach.
# Add the bread, egg and feta cheese and process until it comes together like dough.
# Place in a bowl. Salt and pepper to taste.
# With floured hands, shape into small round, marble-sized dumplings.
# Crush the coils of angel hair pasta with your hands into ½-inch-long pieces.
# In a large soup pot, warm the remaining ¼ cup olive oil.
# Add the broken pasta and stir to coat with a wooden spoon.
# Saute for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until pasta is golden brown.
# Add broth and simmer until pasta is cooked.
# In a separate bowl, combine the yogurt, egg yolks, flour, dried mint and cayenne, and whisk until smooth.
# Ladle a cup of the hot soup into the yogurt mixture, whisking until combined.
# Add yogurt mixture to the soup pot, whisking for about 5 minutes until the soup starts to simmer.
# Add dumplings and continue to gently simmer another 10 minutes.
# Be careful not to boil.
# Ladle into bowls.
# Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sumac.
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