Chasen Beef Belmon8t Matzo Balls Soup
Recipe: #38224
February 24, 2022
Categories: Ribs - Beef, Flank Ribs, Eastern European, Jewish Copycat or Clone Recipes, Frozen Vegetables, more
"“Ronald and Nancy Reagan were regulars at Chasens. It was there that they decided to marry in 1952; and they continued to come in for the Tuesday night special for decades later, even when they lived in the White House. Their favorite dish was the Beef Belmont, a Jewish dish with origins in Eastern Europe. The recipe yields a soup plus a platter of sliced beef. One can add their own accompanyments to the beef platter. They added to matzo balls. 1 tablespoon salt, if desired (optional) the cut of beef used is technically "Flanken"-which is the end portion of the ribs-"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (607.2 g)
- Calories 1050.7
- Total Fat - 67.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 23.5 g
- Cholesterol - 763.8 mg
- Sodium - 1375.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 37.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.2 g
- Sugars - 3.8 g
- Protein - 68.7 g
- Calcium - 159.1 mg
- Iron - 10.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 14 mg
- Thiamin - 0.7 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Beef:
Step 2
Place short ribs and broth in a large dutch oven.
Step 3
Add water to cover ribs, and bring to a boil.
Step 4
Reduce heat and simmer, skim foam from the broth.
Step 5
Make a bouquet garni by tying bay leaves, parsley sprigs and thyme into a cheesecloth bundle with kitchen string.
Step 6
Place the bundle in the broth with salt and pepper.
Step 7
Simmer
Step 8
Covered, for about 1 1/2 hours or until meat is very tender and falls off the bone.
Step 9
Remove the bouquet garni and strain the broth.
Step 10
Return the broth and meat to the pan.
Step 11
Stir in the carrots, leeks and celery.
Step 12
Bring mixture to a boil.
Step 13
Reduce heat and simmer, covered for 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
Step 14
Return mixture to the boil add lima beans and egg noodles, cooking just until noodles are nearly tender (al dente).
Step 15
Remove meat
Step 16
And separate meat from bones.
Step 17
Have soup at room temperature or warmer and add matzo balls
Step 18
Simmer for 5 minutes.
Step 19
Serve soup first with 2 or 3 matzo balls per bowl.
Step 20
Slice meat and garnish plate.
Step 21
FOR THE MATZO BALLS:
Step 22
Blend oil with eggs.
Step 23
Mix matso meal with salt, and combine these 2 mixtures and blend well.
Step 24
Add water and mix until uniform.
Step 25
Cover mixture and refrigerate for one hour.
Step 26
In a 3-quart pot
Step 27
Bring 2 quarts of water to a full boil, adding salt if desired.
Step 28
From the refrigerated mix
Step 29
Form about 16 matzo balls, each 1 inch in diameter.
Step 30
Reduce flame and drop matzo balls into the gently boiling water.
Step 31
Cover pot and cook 30 minutes.
Step 32
Remove matzo balls from water
Step 33
Add to the Boiled Beef Belmont soup.
Step 34
The soup is seved separately from the platter of boiled beef.
Tips
No special items needed.