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I have had alot of requests for passover recipes. The top request was
for matzah balls. This is the current status of my search.

I have 3 recipes/methods for making matzah balls. Tried one recipe last
week (UGH!!), tried a mix today. These matzah balls are DELICIUS. (If
you like your matzah balls soft).

I used the Paskesz brand Pesach crumbs (ingredients: potato starch, egg
and shortening). I actually have had this package from last year so it
seems to last from one year to the next. Paskesz is shipped world wide
(they also make kosher candies) so would check in places with large
Jewish/Orthodox populations. This would include Paris (there are kosher
stores somewher in the suburb and I think the street in Paris proper is
Rue de Rosiers), Brussels, Golders Green (London), Manchester, Toronto,
in Jerusalem I would check the larger grocery stores near/in Har Nof,
Kiryat Moshe. I don't know where else outside the US to recommend.

I made 1/2 a recipe and got 12 medium small matzahs balls that are
tender yet not mushy. (The recipe I tried last week used potato flakes
and ground almonds; the potato was mush and the almonds were like having
grains of large pieces of sand). I was just going to taste one today and
had to eat 3 more they taste so good.

This is not low fat, but can be made lower if you just use the whites.
It calls for 1 egg, 2 Tablespoons oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt (I did not
add), dash pepper, 1/6 cup seltzer (I did not have so used water) and
1/2 cup crumbs. Let rest in frig minimum of 10 minutes. (I had to pick
up my friends child from the bus at the last minute and so had to leave
it in the frig over an hour). I cooked it in the no-chicken broth from
Imagine Foods ([log in to unmask] and I see on the package that it is
being imported to Australia--it is excellent and is certified
kosher-pareve by the O-U).

I am going to try the other recipe next week (this one involves potato
starch, grated potatoes, etc so is alot more work), but wanted to get
this information out now because it may be hard to find this product. I
tried to find it yesterday here in Baltimore and there were none in the
stores. I personally plan on buying quite a few boxes. I paid $2.49 last
year. The package is 6 ounces (170g) and seems to be about 2 cups, so it
should make about 38 matzah balls. The box also gives a recipe for
cheesecake.  Even if I just use it for matzah balls it would be worth
buying.

If anyone knows how to make these hard (for those that like it
hard--please let me know and I will add it to the other passover recipes
that I will post as a TEMPFILE by next Wednesday. I already have over 30
recipes).

Betsey Carus
Baltimore, MD USA