aka R’acquel

One of those long-time recipes that mum always used to cook. It’s one of those meals that always gives us a great zing & physical ‘high’ - also fantastic to eat during times of sickness with colds & flu too. What i love about this meal, is how it has a way of saying,

“Enjoy the balance as the lemon sings, I am at peace.”

INGREDIENTS
* 4-6 chicken drumsticks (legs) - fatty skin taken off
[NB - Chicken legs must be used for this recipe. No other piece of the chicken seems to make the soup taste this good.]
* 3 L water? (enough to cover the legs in a large pot)
* a good handful of rosinni pasta or noodles
[NB - rosinni is a style of pasta that looks like small pieces of rice]
* squeezed juice of 1 lemon
* salt/pepper to taste

METHOD
1. Toss legs into a large pot, fill with water, throw in a big pinch of salt.
2. Boil for 30-60minutes, until water reduces down to a level to serve the family. The longer you boil, the better - the meat should fall off the bone very easily.
3. Remove legs from the pot, pull off the meat and set aside in a bowl.
4. Taste test here for salt, add pepper, add rosinni or noodles. If there’s not enough ’soup’ and you’ve boiled it down too much, you can add more water here.
5. Cook until the rossini or noodles are done.
6. Add lemon juice, allow it to stir in & serve!

The juice on it’s own makes a fantastic stock and can be set aside in the freezer for later use

Afiyet Olsun!