Knaidlach Recipes

EXCELLENT MATZO KNEIDLACH

Steps:

• Combine eggs and water in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until frothy. Fold in matzo meal, vegetable oil, parsley, salt, and pepper until well mixed. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil.
• Moisten hands and roll mixture into golf ball-sized balls. Drop carefully into the boiling water, cover, and reduce heat to a rolling simmer. Cook for 30 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain.

KNAIDLACH

Steps:

• Beat the eggs lightly with cold water. Add the chicken fat and stir until the fat dissolves. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and a pinch of pepper.
• Gradually beat in the matzoh meal, 2 tablespoons at a time, proceeding slowly as it thickens so you do not add too much. The mixture should be as thick as light mashed potatoes, and just a little soft and spongy. Add salt and pepper as needed. Chill for 5 to 7 hours.
• Half an hour before serving time, bring 2 1/2 to 3 quarts of water to a boil. Add a handful of salt, as for pasta.
• With wet hands, or two tablespoons dipped intermittently in cold water, shape the mixture into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Drop gently into the boiling water, cover pot loosely, and let boil at a moderately brisk pace for about 25 minutes.
• When one ball tests done (cut it open and see if it is light and cooked all the way through), remove all carefully with a slotted spoon. Serve in hot chicken soup.
• Variation:
• To make fried matzoh balls, chill the cooked balls overnight. In the morning, cut into slices between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick and fry slowly in hot butter or margarine, turning so both sides become golden brown and the slices are thoroughly heated.

MATZA BALLS OR SOUP DUMPLINGS (KNAIDLACH)

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl combine and beat till fluffy the eggs chicken stock or vegetable stock or soda water and salt. Fold in the Matza Meal, parsley and ginger.
• Cover and refrigerate the mixture for 1 hour. Stir, then shape with moistened hands into 8 large (or 16 small) balls or oval shapes, using a rounded tablespoons of mixture, or less if you like them small.
• Drop into boiling salted water. Cover and simmer 45 minutes. Remove with slotted spoon and transfer to soup.
• NOTES:.
• *While Matza Meal resembles other dried crumbs, many use it year around for its special quality of swelling as it on absorbs moisture.
• To increase fiber content, use whole wheat, or wheat bran Matza, finely crushed.
• If you are not fussy about clouded chicken soup, cook Knaidlach directly in soup.
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VEGAN MATZO BALLS (AKA KNEIDLACH)

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together Refrigerate for 1/2 hour Roll into balls and place in boiling soup Simmer in soup until they grow (about 20 minutes) Take out of soup with a slotted spoon and let harden for 30 minutes to 1 hour(or longer) in the fridge Put the balls back in the soup about 1/2 hour before it's ready to be served to heat up Serve