A Gefilte fish recipe and Matzah bread are traditionally eaten during the Passover holiday.
Passover is a Jewish holiday or festival that lasts 7 to 8 days and is celebrated during early spring.
During this holiday candles are lit and holiday meals like gefilte fish recipes are served.
This poached fish patty or ball is made from a mixture of ground and deboned fish - usually carp, pike, and whitefish. Although, some people like to throw in a little salmon into their gefilte fish recipe for a change.
These fish balls or patties are then poached in a broth of vegetables or fish stock for approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours or longer.
Matzah bread which is an unleavened bread commemorates the freeing of the Israelites and it's a big Passover staple eaten during this holiday.
Broth Ingredients & Instructions:
Fish Ball Ingredients:
Gefilte Instructions:
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Be sure to choose roots that are firm and have no sign of mold or green spots.
Ingredients:
Instructions:
From start to baking - this recipe must be completed in 18 minutes to prevent the dough from rising by fermentation.
This is a flat bread recipe, so you don't want any type of rising to occur. Make smaller batches to prevent the rising of matzah bread.
Matzah bread is the unleavened bread that the Israelites ate when they left their days of slavery in Egypt.
They were in a rush to leave and did not have time for their bread to rise, so this unleavened bread was made for their journey out of Egypt.
Therefore, it is a big symbol of their freedom and is eaten during this Jewish religious holiday.
Matzah bread is usually made from wheat, but it can also be made from barley, spelt, rye, and oats.
Matzah meal is made by grinding matzah bread into a coarse or into a fine meal.
You can then use this matzah meal in your gefilte fish recipes. Matzah resembles a cracker more than a bread and is made from white flour and water.
You can find matzah bread or crackers at a Jewish Market or in the Kosher section of your grocery stores.
Just put a few pieces into a blender or food processor and grind until the desired texture is reached. Viola, you have matzah meal.