Easter Midnight Soup (Magiritsa)

==Description==
Magiritsa is the soup that Greeks break their 40 days fasting with after the midnight liturgy on Easter Saturday.
===Ingredients===
*a Lamb's liver, heart, lights and intestines
*juice of 3 lemons
*salt
*6 spring onions, trimmed, rinsed and finely sliced
*25 gr. butter
*2 cos lettuces, trimmed, shredded and rinsed carefully (use only their young leaves and hearts)
*about a teacupful of fresh dill or fennel, rinsed and finely chopped, or parsley
*1.2 lt hot water
*salt and black pepper
*60 gr. rice
Avgolemono Sauce
*2 eggs
*juice of 2 lemons
Serves 6 persons! 
===Directions===
Rinse all the meat. Turn the intestines inside out with the help of a thin stick and rinse them thoroughly. Rub them with salt and lemon juice and rinse them again. Cube them into small portions. In a large saucepan, sautee the onions in the butter, until they start to change colour. Add the chopped intestines, liver, lights and heart, fry together for a few minutes, stirring. Add the shredded lettuces and all the fresh herbs and sautee for a few more minutes. Add the hot water, and seasoning, cover and cook for 30 minutes. Then add the rice and cook for a further 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let it stand for 10 minutes, before proceeding with the avgolemono sauce. Add the Avgolemono Sauce to the soup, stirring. Return to a very gentle heat for 2 minutes, stirring at the same time. It should be by now a quite a thick soup.
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==See also==
Category: Greek Soups Category:Soups
 Category:Recipes
Category:Greek Recipes
Category: Fennel Soup RecipesCategory: Stir-fry Fennel Recipes
category:Lemon Recipes
category:pepper Recipes
category:lemon juice Recipes
category:parsley Recipes
category:butter Recipes
category:fennel seed Recipes
category:lemon Recipes
category:fennel Recipes
category:Onion Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:egg Recipes
category:salt Recipes
category:rice Recipes
category:Lamb Recipes
category:romaine lettuce Recipes