A Book of Mediterranean Food

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with a wooden spoon. Add a glass
of water and a glass of white wine,
a dozen cloves of garlic and a
whole lemon cut in slices. Simmer
for 30 minutes. In a mortar pound
6 oz of almonds and stir them into
the sauce 5 minutes before serving.


AVGOLÉMONO SAUCE


This is simply the Greek way of
making a sauce for practically
anything.


The juice of a lemon and 2 or 3
egg yolks are beaten together and
added to some of the stock in which
fish or meat or chicken has cooked,
and stirred carefully until it is

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