Water based soup with bitter orange juice
Κιτρόμηλα. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Recipe from Rizokarpaso. The soup contains fried onion, plenty of water and bitter orange juice. It is topped with pieces of fried bread along with oil used in frying.
Name - Recipe
Σούπα με χυμό νερατζιών.
Olive oil
Plenty of onions
Plenty of bitter orange juice
Hard bread for frying
Salt
Pepper
Water
Sauté the onion in olive oil. Add plenty of water, the juice of the bitter oranges, salt and pepper and let it boil. Cut the bread into small bites and fry them in olive oil. At the end, add the bread and oil to the soup. The dish is ready. (Publication permission from: http://www.rizokarpason.com/ sintages1.htm)
Sautéing.
Boiling.
Additional information and bibliography
They used to prepare this in the old days when they were harvesting and would run out of food. (Publication permission from: http://www.rizokarpason.com/sintages1.htm).
"Rizokarpason" publications (2010). Rizokarpason recipes. Retrieved from: http://www.rizokarpason.com/sintages1.htm
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