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KNEIDLACH

At a Ashkenazi Pesach Dinner it is obligatory to have Kneidlach with Chicken Soup. A hostess is judge by the lightness of her Kneidlach. 

Salmon Filo Pastry Triangle

3 eggs

3 slightly heaped tablespoon Schmaltz (chicken fat sold at Supermarket or Jewish delicatessen)

½ cup water

1 cup matzo meal

salt and white pepper

 

 Beat together eggs, schmaltz, salt and pepper.

  • Add ½ cup water and beat together again.

  • Add the matzo meal and mix.

  • Let it rest for few hours

  • Make small balls and place in a pot of boiling salted water. Cover pot and let it boil for about 25 min Boil rapidly for the first 10 min and then turn down to low heat to let it simmer. After about 25 min, remove cover and let it boil for another      30 min longer.

  • They should have swelled to at least double their volume.

  • Serve one or two on individual chicken soup bowl.

 

 TIPS

* If after few tries at making Matzo Balls, yours still turn like a rock, head of to a supermarket and get the readymade mixture. 

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