Salty Egg Soup Recipe - Cooking Index
Salty Egg Soup Recipe - Cooking Index
This cold egg soup is a part of our family Passover ritual, combining two symbolic ingredients-eggs and salt. The eggs are a symbol of new life in the spring season and the salt represents the tears of the Jewish people when they were slaves in Egypt. Many families serve each guest a whole hard-boiled egg dipped in salt.
Cuisine: Jewish| 12 | Hard-boiled eggs - peeled | |
| 4 cups | 948ml | Cold water - (to 6) |
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Coarse salt - (to 4) |
In a large bowl, mash the eggs roughly with a potato masher. Add 4 cups of water and 2 tablespoons of the salt. Add additional water and salt to taste. Cover and refrigerate until serving time.
Ladle into soup bowls.
This recipe yields 12 servings.
Each serving: 70 calories; 646 mg sodium; 192 mg cholesterol; 5 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 1 gram carbohydrates; 6 grams protein; 0 fiber.
Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 04-04-2001
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