noun
- A Greek soup or sauce made with eggs, lemon juice, and broth, often thickened with rice or pasta.
Usage: Also spelled 'egg-lemon soup' in English; from Greek 'avgo' (egg) and 'lemono' (lemon).; Commonly served as a first course in Greek cuisine.
Examples
- The restaurant served a creamy avgolemono soup as the appetizer.
- Avgolemono is a traditional Greek dish that combines chicken broth with eggs and lemon.
- She learned to make avgolemono from her grandmother's recipe.
- The tangy flavor of avgolemono comes from fresh lemon juice.
- Many Greek families prepare avgolemono during family gatherings.
- The chef whisked the eggs carefully to prevent them from curdling in the avgolemono.