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Course: hot appetizer
Total time: under 1 hour
Skill level: Easy
Cost: Inexpensive
Yield: Serves 6
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As a special Passover treat the Jews of Georgia prepare these delicious soup dumplings from walnuts, eggs, and matzo meal. Serve a few in the soup and save some for later. They are delicious cold, accompanied by a piquant sauce. The oregano in this recipe should really be fresh.

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups finely ground walnuts
  • ¼ cup minced onions
  • 3 large eggs, beaten
  • 1/3 cup matzo meal
  • 1½ tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
  • 1 large egg white, whisked until frothy
  • 7 cups chicken stock
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
  • ½ cup chopped mixed dill, cilantro and parsley

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine all the walnut ball ingredients.

2. Bring 2 quarts of salted water to a boil. Have a bowl of cold water by you. Dipping your hands in the water, shape the walnut mixture into 2-inch balls. Drop them into the boiling water, and cook until cooked through, 10 minutes. Remove the balls with a slotted spoon and keep warm.

3. Heat the chicken stock. Ladle into soup bowls, add three walnut balls to each bowl and add garnish with fresh herbs.

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Nutrients per serving

Nutritional information is based on 1/8 teaspoon added salt per serving.

298 kcal
5 % daily value
3 % daily value
1 % daily value
451 mg
49 mg
15 g
5 g
2 g
19 g
114 mg
738 mg
3 g
19 g
11 % daily value