This week on Hive Top Chef we have the theme lemon.
I am making a plant based version of a Greek soup that I fell in love with 40 years ago.
I had a Greek boyfriend when I was younger. I knew nothing about Greek food until I met him. His Uncle owned a Greek restaurant so I was lucky to try traditional foods from Greece for the first time in my life. I loved each and every dish that I tried, such as Moussaka, tatziki, souvlaki, dolmades, and avogolemono soup.
This soup is traditionally made with chicken and eggs. I have omitted both as I no longer consume chicken or eggs. One of the features that I loved about the soup is it's tangy flavor coming from lemons.
Plant based Avgolemono soup
1 onion
4 cloves garlic
1 celery stalk diced
1 carrot diced
2 bay leaves
2 cups cooked rice
3 fresh lemons juiced
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon pepper
A pinch of turmeric
3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1 cup soft tofu
1 cup soaked cashews
2 litres vegetable stock
2 vegetable stock cubes
2 cups hedgehog mushrooms
This soup traditionally has egg so I made a substitute using soft tofu, soaked cashews, nutritional yeast, salt, pepper, and turmeric. I would have added black salt but I couldn't find it in my cupboard. It adds a sulphur taste like eggs.
These ingredient were blended in the bullet mixer with the lemon juice.
This was my egg substitute.
For the soup base I cooked the onion, garlic, celery, and carrot in a pot with shallow oil on medium heat.
I added the soup broth and cooked down for a while simmering.
I blended half of the rice with a little water and added this to the soup.
After adding the blended rice, I added the tofu cream mixture.
I added some fresh parsley. I like flat leaf the best.
This soup traditionally has chicken in it so I substituted with mushrooms. These mushrooms are wild hedgehog mushrooms. I just happened to get them from a mushroom vendor at a local park market. These are dense and mild so a perfect substitute for chicken.
Before I added them to the soup, I cooked them in vegan butter in a pan to get rid of some moisture. I added salt and pepper.
After pan searing the mushrooms, I reserved a portion to add to the top. The rest I put in the soup.
After all these years I was able to try the soup that I once fell in love with. Although plant based this time, I felt like it was just yesterday that I had it. It was very familiar to me. I didn't miss the egg or chicken at all. It was nice and lemony just the way I remember.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.
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With what I love lemon and soups, this recipe is for me! LOL!😆 Thank you for always sharing your wonderful recipes with flavors from around the world! ✨
Thank you for your generous comment. I went down memory lane for this one haha. I love sour soup.😊
delicious Soup recipe that is good to look at is good to eat.
Thank you for that nice comment!
What an awful way to wake up in the morning when one is an intermittent faster and has at least another 6 hours to go before breaking it. That's a very rude way of saying that I am drooling over your lemon soup and need to find a recipe because I have eggs, chicken and lemons.... 🤣
Haha by the time I read this you will have eaten lol. This is a super easy recipe. Just throw the chicken in and whisk in eggs at the end and lemon. You're such a good cook I'm sure you won't need a recipe.😄
I'm about to start cooking supper. I'd be nervous about the lemon curdling the egg... Thank you for the vote of confidence!!
I had a Greek girlfriend, what extraordinary and nice people
What beautiful recipes that you share in this opportunity, I love it
The plate looks exquisite. enjoy it a lotHello dear friend @carolynstahl good morning
Yes my friend it is very true. The Greeks are wonderful in my experience as well.
Thank you for your lovely comment. I appreciate it very much and I hope you have a wonderful day. Hugs from Canada!
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Oh I LOVE Greek food. This is a fabulous recipe. The idea of lemon in soup. I recently made a red lentil soup with sundried tomato and lemon. It was my first citrus soup and it was a roaring success
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Thank you.😊
Getting hungry while reading your blog, that soup looks delicious and perfect for cold weather.
Thank you for getting hungry haha.😊
Looking very yummy! This soup is what I need right now! Love the sour taste of lemon in soup.
Thanks I agree. Sour savoury food is good, but I know people that wouldn't understand it.
Yup! Most people here like sweet taste in everything. I put lemon juice on top of my food everyday! Just love lemon juice!