Matzo Ball Recipes:
Spring Vegetable and Mini Matzo Ball Chicken Soup | Matzo Balls | Chicken Soup with Miniature Leek-Chive Matzo Balls | Chicken Soup with Wild Mushrooms and Herbed Matzo Balls | Sweet Potato Matzo Ball Tzimmes with Apricot Sauce | Potato-Leek Matzo Balls | Saffron Chicken Broth with Spinach Matzo Balls | Celery and Parsnip Soup with Green Onion-Dill Matzo Balls | Matzo Balls in Southeast Asian Broth | Lemon-Scented Chicken Soup with Parsley-Sage Matzo Balls
These traditional Jewish dumplings are a flavorful highlight to chicken or vegetable soup-but they are notoriously hard to perfect. Standards vary as to what characterizes a good matzo ball. Some like "floaters"-feather-light, tender dumplings that rise to the top of broth. Others prefer "sinkers"-dense, flavor powerhouses-or big deli-style matzo balls that dominate even the largest soup bowls.
When I saw this article, all I could say was OMG, thank you, thank you ! ! ! My boyfriend asked me to make matzo balls with chicken soup, I was a little scared. I had never made them before. I printed the instructions and will follow them to the T when I make them. Thank you again for the help.
I used to like my matzoh balls dense and the size of one of Saturn's moons. Now I like them smaller, lighter and fluffy. So although the crunchy center sounds nice, I'd prefer the fluffiness throughout instead of hitting something crunchy in the center. Using a little bit of club soda keeps them light and fluffy. So does not packing them so tight when rolling them into a ball. I'm not Jewish, but I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood of NYC, so I know Jewish cooking. As for my tips, thank you Shelly Goldstein, wherever you are!
Talamorrow, you know what REALLY reeks? Ignorance.
Now what possessed you to go & say that?? Too much ignorance in the world. Listen more & talk less, you have alot to learn.
Talamorrow, people like you are a cancer to our society.
What planet are you all from. There's a bunch of angry "little" people out there who forgot this is about matzo balls 101.
You want stinky, you should try Svedish or norvegen cooking, Ah the fresh aroma of soaking ludafisk!
Where was this article BEFORE Passover started????
Ignoring the mundane rants of the functionally illiterate...
to make the best matzoh balls, do 2 things:
1. Add a bit of Ginger to the mix
2.Just before dropping them into the pot, add a short "shot" of seltzer to the mix , then spoon them out into the soup. You will have matzoh balls that are so light and fluffy you wouldn't believe them!
Why is this being printed after the seders are over with? This is an ongoing problem with you. This would have been more useful if it had been published last week not after all the work and preparation needed for a seder was over with!
talamorrow, sontrollia, maria....this article is about giving COOKING tips. Obviously, prejudice continues to remain in this country. If you don't want to cook a certain ethnic cuisine, why are you reading the article? Sontrollia, it sounds as though you might be of either hispanic or italian origin. I'm sure that you would feel insulted if someone jumped on you about that. Soooo...the point is, to quote the infamous Rodney King, "can't we all just get along"? Happy holidays, everyone.
your comments are so racist!
tala, I will never forgive the prison system for allowing inmates to have computers. Perhaps you should spend more time researching other cultures or even satisfying your cellmate. In any event, I have given you more advice than you deserve or could possibly comprehend.
This is a nice suggestion at making matza balls and you talmorrow turn it into an anti-semetic ignorant and prejudicial rant. Shame on you!
We need a person like Talamarrow to remind us that hatred is evil and to avoid it and those espousing it.
Now about Matzoh balls and chicken soup: We serve not small nor large matzoh balls but some where in betwen. Thank G-d for Jewish rye bread, matzoh balls, and Jewish Delis.
You are such a warm and fuzzy person and I am sure you have lots and lots of friends.
By the way you need to change your e-mail address to Talamorone, this name fits you best.
You sound like a person that hates his next door neighbor, but does not forget to say "Grace." I hope you get help real soon, because your medication needs to be leveled and if you are not on any you need to be. You are a disgusting, uneducated, beast of a person and I am sure there are many people out there that agree. You need to crawl back under the rock you came from
I am not even "Jewish." and found you to be disgusting.
I am shocked at the horrible things said by some of the people on this site. The only parallel I can imagine is the worst of the Nazi era where hundreds of thousands of innocent people were murdered for the same bigoted reasons. I am 66 years old and I thought we had Evolved. But I am afraid we have gone backward in ignorance, bigotry and hatred. America is doomed if this continues.
Ok... so ... TALAMORROW is going to make those yummy MATZO BALLS to all of us right ? We are the ones who clicked to have the best tip in how to make them... he should be paying attention .... " LOL "
I dont like the way he phrased his comment but I have to agree on some points. I am Jewish and although my grandmother made the BEST chicken soup,latkes and chopped liver, I personally find it the Jewish authentic recipes that she made, bland. Maybe it was just my grandmothers cooking?
I discovered if you run out of matzo ball mix, you can subtitute some farina---if you have any in the house. I couldn't tell the difference. Ok, it's not kosher, but for those of us who make matzo balls and aren't bound by kosher requirements, I also put some parsley and grated cheese in my balls.