Ingredients

• 1-1.25 kg lean boneless pork, or 4 medium-sized pork chops
• 1 large head of
• celery
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, finely sliced
• 600 ml hot water
• salt and white pepper

Instructions

• Rinse the meat and drain. Discard the root end of the celery, separate into stalks, trim and rinse individually under cold running water.
• Using the sharp point of a knife, dislodge any suspicion of grit in between its ribbed back.
• Cut the celery into 5 cm pieces, using its leaves as well.
• Drop the celery into salted boiling water in a large saucepan, about 22-25 cm and boil for 5 minutes, then drain and keep aside.
• In the same saucepan, heat the oil and sautee the meat and then the onion. Neither should get brown but just be slightly transparent.
• Add the hot water, cover and simmer for 45 minutes, or until the meat is tender.
• Season with salt and white pepper, add the celery and cook for a further 10-15 minutes until the celery is very tender.
• Turn the heat off and let it stand for at least 5 minutes before you add the sauce.
• Prepare the Avgolemono Sauce (egg and lemon sauce in Sauces Section).
• Pour it slowly all over the meat, rotating the saucepan at the same time.
• Put back on a very low heat for 5 minutes only, in order to cook the cornflour and thicken the sauce, but on no account let it boil.