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Monday, March 14, 2011

Bacon wrapped matzo ball

Can't We All Just Get Along?
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At his restaurant in downtown Los Angeles, Top Chef Ilan Hall is wrapping a piece of bacon around a traditional matzo ball.

"It's a pretty simple recipe, except in place of vegetable oil, we use either rendered bacon fat or lard," he tells Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz. "The pork fat makes it incredibly fluffy."

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Bacon-Wrapped Matzo Balls
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Bacon-Wrapped Matzo Balls

  • 18 eggs
  • 5 cups matzo meal
  • 3/4 cup of sparkling water
  • 3/4 cup of lard
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons of baking powder
  • 5 tablespoons of salt
  • A handfull of dill

Blend eggs, dill, water, melted lard, baking powder and salt for 5 seconds, then mix in bowl with matzo meal. Allow to sit in refrigerator for 30 minutes, then roll small balls and add to boiling water. Then wrap in a half-slice of applewood-smoked bacon. Roast in oven at 400 degrees until crispy. Serve with shaved fresh horseradish and mayonnaise.

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8 comments:

  1. B.......3/14/11, 9:43 PM

    Sounds good. I imagine they are removed from the boiling water before wrapping them with bacon. So, how long should they remain in the boiling water?

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  2. Helly3/14/11, 10:35 PM

    I'm Presbyterian and loathe all ethnic cuisines. I'll have my bacon wrapped around a pan-seared tenderloin steak, TYVM. And if I want a confrontational dinner, it will be with a worthy stone crab. But let's not bury the lede.

    This is just another bigoted NPR tard waggling himself for the delight of what he perceives to be America's intellectual elite.

    Stick a fork in NPR; she's done.

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  3. TechnoYid3/14/11, 10:46 PM

    "Traditional" should have had scare quotes around it.

    It's like saying using ritz crackers as the traditional communion wafer. Or calling a SSM (same sex marriage) ceremony a traditional wedding.

    I, for one, don't like fluffy matzah balls, but I like the dense kind. Of course, I prefer them deep fried rather than boiled also.

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  4. Lord Julius of Palnu3/15/11, 1:07 AM

    Beautiful, beautiful.

    Now could you make a beef version for Hindus? How about a Friday-only version for Catholics?

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  5. Anonymous3/15/11, 6:53 AM

    Anything on beef samosas?

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  6. BlogDog3/15/11, 9:56 AM

    I like that former prime minister - Menachem Bacon.
    Reminds of the dairy business I wanted to start in Israel: Cheeses of Nazareth. Our motto: What a friend we have in cheeses.

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  7. Kristophr3/15/11, 12:16 PM

    Some 'tard at NPR is just hoping ( I won't mis-use "praying" here ) for a complaint, so he can prance around like the anarchist peasant in Monty Python's "Holy Grail", shouting about the inherent violence and all ...

    When can we defund these cretins?

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  8. Unknown3/15/11, 1:38 PM

    This "Top" chef doesn't think his location is adequate, so opts for the charlie sheen route to notoriety - of course npr is happy to help with that.

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