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Despite repeated persecution, for centuries Jews were/are intertwined in Hungarian culture. As this dish exemplifies, this can especially be seen in part of Hungary's cuisine. You can buy the matzos in any major grocery store's kosher section.

These dumplings are a great addition to the diet of someone who is ill and just coming off a liquid diet.

Mother cut this recipe out of a Hungarian language newspaper sometime after we arrived in the US (1957). From the clothing styles on the page, I would say it was in the early 1960s.

I've tried to make the translation as accurate as possible. Typically of most Hungarian recipes from that day, much is left out because common knowledge of kitchen basics is assumed. I've done my best to extrapolate those steps.
Ingredients
  • 7 to 8 sheets matza bread
  • beef bouillon/broth
  • 3 to 4 medium potatoes
  • 3 to 4 eggs
  • salt
  • pepper
  • a sprinkling of paprika
  • fat: lard, drippings, shortening, etc.
Steps
  1. Pour beef broth over 2 to 3 matza leaves & let soak.
  2. Cook potatoes in boiling water, peel, & mash.
  3. Crumble remaining matzo sheets.
  4. Mix together all the matzas, potatoes, eggs, salt, pepper, paprika, & fat. (If mass is too soft, add more crumbled matza.)
  5. Form mass into round dumplings with hands & cook in simmering beef broth. You can also cook them in any simmering soup.
 

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