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Hamusta - Meatballs in Lemony Broth
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Hamusta - Meatballs in Lemony Broth

A classic Syrian-Jewish soup with juicy meatballs in a refreshing lemon-turmeric broth

⏱ 50 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
🥩 Meat🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

  1. 1
    In a pot, bring the stock to a boil with the turmeric, lemon, celery and salt.
    StovePot
  2. 2
    Mix the ground meat with the onion, garlic, parsley, nutmeg, salt and black pepper until evenly combined.
  3. 3
    With wet hands, shape patties the size of walnut, about 20 patties.
    💡Wet hands don't stick to the mixture, and the patties come out smooth and even.
  4. 4
    Drop the meatballs into the soup one at a time, adding each only when the soup is boiling.
  5. 5
    When all the meatballs are in the pot and the soup is boiling, partially cover. Turn down the heat and simmer gently 25 minutes.
    ⚙ SimmeringStovePotLid
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  6. 6
    Serve hot with white bread.
362calories
24 gprotein
8 gcarbs
25 gfat
● protein 27%● carbs 9%● fat 64%

Per serving (427 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Lid · Also works: Aluminum foil (tight aluminum foil) · Plate (an upside-down plate)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)

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