Avgolemono is a Greek wordpronounced ahv-go-LE-mono andtranslates literally to egg-lemon.Avgolemono is actuallyboth a soup and a sauce.The dish most familiar to NorthAmericans is a soup made from chickenbroth, rice, lemon juice, and eggs.Avgolemono the sauce is madeusing a higher egg to liquid ratioto create a lusciously thick sauce.Avgolemono tastes like a silky,creamy, lemony soup or sauce,yet there's no cream or butter.The silky texture of avgolemono epends on tempering the egg-lemonmixture with some of the hot broth.