Matzo ball soup is chicken soup, or vegetarian chicken-flavored soup, with balls made of matzo meal(which is powdered flat matzo crackers made of flour) and eggs, and sometimes salt and pepper.
You can buy packaged matzo ball soup mix, with everything you need to make it, except you need to add eggs and oil to the matzo ball mix, and then roll them into balls and place in the soup.
You can also make a home made version. Here is a recipe for the soup.
Prep Time : 1hr 10min
Cook Time : 35min
Course : Brunch, Entree, Lunch, Soup
Special : Caffeine-Free, Easy, Few Ingredients, Kosher (Parve), Lactose-Free, Non-Alcoholic, Sugar-Free
Type of Prep : Boil, Mix / Beat, Simmer
Cuisine : Kosher, U.S. Regional
Occasion : Fall, Family Dinner, Spring, Summer, Winter
You don't have to be Jewish or wait for Passover to enjoy matzo balls. Matzo balls are delicious dumplings made from unleavened bread meal, usually served in chicken broth or soup. This version includes nuts and spices.
INGREDIENTS:
4 eggs
1/2 cup club soda
2 Tbsp vegetable oil or chicken fat (schmaltz)
2 Tbsp finely chopped parsley
1/4 cup ground almonds or walnuts
1 tsp of almond or walnut oil
4 or 5 scrapes of freshly grated nutmeg
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup matzo meal
PREPARATION:
Whisk the eggs until blended. Now add the club soda, vegetable oil or schmaltz, salt and pepper. Easy on the salt, you can always add but you can never take away.
Blend in the parsley, almonds or walnuts, almonds or walnut oil, nutmeg, and matzo meal. Cover and refrigerate this mixture for about 1 hour.
Bring about 5 quarts of water to boil. Rub vegetable oil on hands and form matzo balls with about two tablespoons of mixture. Drop in boiling water and simmer covered and don't peek (okay, maybe once or twice) for about 25 to 35 minutes. Serve in Absolute Best Passover Chicken Broth.
Yield: about 12 to 15 matzo balls
2006-08-19 20:50:15
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answered by moonbeamlight1 2
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Matzo Ball Soup
This Matzo Ball Soup Recipe has 2 steps -- Make the chicken soup -- Make the Matzo Balls.
Place a whole Chicken in a Pot.
Cover Chicken with 1/2 water and 1/2 chicken broth (or use bouillion).
Bring to a boil.
Skim off chicken fat.
Add the following items:
spices including dill, rosemary, parsley, garlic (or garlic powder), salt and pepper
1 onion (diced)
1 bunch carrots (sliced)
4 stocks of Celery (chopped)
Cover pot and simmer for 1 hour.
Remove the chicken.
Add 2 boxes of chicken broth.
Chicken Soup portion is complete.
Now let's make the Matzo balls.
Buy Matzo Ball Mix and follow instructions on the box.
But... instead of cooking Matzo Balls in water,
Bring the chicken soup to a boil and
cook the Matzo Balls in the soup.
When Matzo Balls are cooked, you can add some of the chopped up chicken back to the soup.
Serves 4 or 5 as a primary dish.
2006-08-20 00:13:30
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answered by Auntiem115 6
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usually it's chicken broth with Matza balls in it. Matza is a kind of flour. Matza balls are simply dumplings made with Matza. It's good.
2006-08-19 20:28:48
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answered by DEATH 7
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