Matzo Ball Soup By The Carnegie Deli
Recipe: #24224
June 29, 2016
Categories: Chicken, Jewish, Hanukkah, Passover, Sunday Dinner, Gluten-Free, Non-Dairy, more
"In my carefree young adult yrs (many decades ago), an older Jewish couple named Hazel & Meyer Greenberg took a shine to me & started inviting me to their weekly family dinners on Thurs nites. The meals were the highlight of my wk & always started w/Matzo Ball Soup, also known as the "Jewish penicillin". They believed it to be true, but I didn't care. I just loved the stuff! When the brisket was put on the table, I was in heaven again. Hazel had a "kitchen helper" who cooked & served the meals & she would put the soup & brisket leftovers in a take-home container for me. This Catholic girl "worshiped" that Jewish lady! The Carnegie Deli is a NYC midtown Manhattan institution that has been open for 75 yrs & serves up a whopping 1,500 matzo balls daily! This recipe is truly a part of my life history. (Times were not given, were estimated by me & overlap quite a bit as you are making the matzo balls while the consomme is simmering) ENJOY!"
Ingredients
- FOR THE CONSOMME
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- FOR THE MATZO BALLS
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (486.9 g)
- Calories 1204.3
- Total Fat - 69.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 14.5 g
- Cholesterol - 697.3 mg
- Sodium - 705.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 96 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.5 g
- Sugars - 1.7 g
- Protein - 45.7 g
- Calcium - 114.6 mg
- Iron - 10.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.9 mg
Step by Step Method
FOR THE CONSOMME
Step 1
Combine the 1st 4 ingredients w/6 cups water. Add Maggi seasoning, food coloring, salt & pepper. Bring to a boil. Turn down heat & simmer for 1 hr.
FOR THE MATZO BALLS
Step 2
In a lrg bowl, mix the eggs, oil, water, matzo meal, Maggi Seasoning, salt & pepper until just incorporated.
Step 3
Oil your hands. Working as gently as possible, form round balls about the size of a billiard ball.
Step 4
Boil the matzo balls in the consommé until cooked through & soft (about 45 min).
Step 5
Divide the matzo balls evenly between 4 lrg bowls, allotting 2 matzo balls & 2 cups consommé per serving.
Tips
- No special items are required