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Pork with Celery and Avgolemono

My Cretan Recipe
A delicious main dish from the Greek tradition that's festive but also so simple to prepare.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Greek
Servings 6 generous portions
Calories 600 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kilo boneless pork cut into cubes, preferably pork neck or pork leg
  • cup olive oil extra virgin
  • 3 garlic cloves thinely sliced
  • 1 large (or 2 small) onion halved and thinly sliced
  • 3 leeks sliced in thick (about 1 cm) slices
  • ½ kilo celery leaves tender
  • ½ glass wine (preferably white)
  • 4 spring onions chopped
  • 3 tbsp fresh dill chopped
  • 1 cube chicken or vegetable stock
  • 6 ½ cups water
  • salt and pepper to taste

For the Avgolemono sauce

  • stock or vegetable broth.
  • 1 large lemon juice
  • 2 eggs at room temperature
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Cut the pork into big cubes and season the meat with abundant salt and pepper.
  • Heat a large pan, add a drizzle of olive oil, and add the meat to the hot pan to fry.
  • Make sure it turns a nice golden brown color on all sides and then remove from the pan.
  • In a cooking pot, add the 1/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil and when it has been slightly heated, add the onion, the leeks and the garlce.
  • When everything has turned into a slightly brown color add the meat.
  • Pour the wine, allow a few minutes for the alcohol content to evaporate.Add
  • Add water and chicken stock. Cover and cook until the pork is tender, usually about an hour.
  • When the pork is soft, add the celery leaves, spring onions, and some dill and let it cook for an additional 15 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and prepare the Avgolemono Sauce.

Avgolemono sauce

  • Separate the 2 yolks from the whites, and beat the egg whites.
  • After a while, add the yolks and continue beating slowly adding the lemon juice.
  • Once the avgolemono sauce is ready you slowly drip a ladle of broth slowly into the sauce (like you would add oil into a mayonnaise) and continue beating so the eggs don’t have the slightest chance to cook.
  • Once the full ladle has been incorporated to the avgolemono sauce, slowly pour onto your dish, once again stirring constantly.
  • Taste to check if it needs extra lemon juice, more salt or pepper.

Notes

  • To prepare the avgolemono, it is better to use the eggs at room temperature.
  • When adding the avgolemono to any food, you must temper the eggs, this means that it is necessary to add them to the food slowly for them not to cook.

Nutrition

Calories: 600kcal
Keyword avgolemono, eggs, lemon,
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