Name: Chicken Soup with Asparagus and Shiitakes, Served with Roasted Fennel Matzoh Balls
Yield: Yield: about 8 Servings
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 7 cups homemade chicken broth (see Classic Chicken Soup or Almost Homemade Soup); 2 small to medium fennel bulbs (about 1 pound, weighed with 2 inches of top stalks); About ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons matzoh meal; 2 large eggs; ½ teaspoon chopped fresh thyme; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; ¼ teaspoon fennel seeds, ground in a spice grinder or with a mortar and pestle (optional); 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped garlic; 2 tablespoons olive oil; ½ cup chicken broth, preferably homemade or good-quality, low-sodium purchased; 12 to 15 thin asparagus spears, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces; ¼ pound fresh shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and reserved for another use or discarded, caps wiped clean with a damp paper towel and thinly sliced

Preparation info

Yield: about
8
Servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Jewish Holiday Cooking

By Jayne Cohen

Published 2008

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Let in spring, when the earth is renewing and reassembling herself, Passover is celebrated as a sort of second New Year, reflecting the rebirth of the Jews as a free people after the Exodus from Egypt. Children start the season with new clothes, and houses are thoroughly cleaned and freshened up to make way for the new foods and special sets of dishes reserved just for Passover use.

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