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Chicken soup
Known as “Jewish Penicillin”, Chicken Soup is regarded as a cure-all. It’s a mainstay of the Ashkenazi Shabbat table. By itself it’s a deliciously light soup, sometimes served with lochen (egg noodles) – and at Passover, served with knaidlech (thus becoming ‘Matzo Ball Soup’).
Ingredients
1 kg chicken bones with meat on, remove skin (necks and drumsticks good)
1 onion, peeled
3 carrots, peeled and chopped into rounds
1 leek, washed, peeled and cut into long chunks
2 parsnips peeled and cut into chunks
Matzo Balls
2 eggs
½ cup light olive oil
3 pinches of salt
½ tsp cinnamon
2 cups coarse matzo meal
½ cup water
Preparation
Put chicken pieces into a large stock pot and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil.
When the chicken is cooked through in the pot, skim the fat from the top layer and remove. Add the vegetables, cover and leave to cook for at least 2 hours.
When cooked, remove the chicken pieces from the soup and pour the liquid of the soup into a large bowl, through a colander to catch the vegetables. Leave the soup covered in the refrigerator overnight. Remove the fat that has solidified on top of the soup.
Matzo Balls
Break the eggs into a mixing bowl and beat. Add oil, salt, cinnamon, matzo meal and water and mix through.
Leave the mixture overnight if possible in the refrigerator to absorb the moisture.
When the liquid is absorbed and mixture has firmed, take a spoonful of the matzo mixture and roll with damp hands to make a ball around the size of a golf ball.
Have a large saucepan of salted water on the boil and reduce to a simmer. Drop each ball into the pot as it is ready. Repeat until all the matzo mixture has been made into balls. Cover the pot and leave to simmer for 20-25 minutes.
To Serve
Heat the soup. Place several matzo balls in each serving bowl and spoon over the hot soup.
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