Joan Nathan's Matzo Balls

This is Joan Nathan's own recipe for matzo balls. It's lightly spiced for a nice (but not too different) change from the plain matzo ball. Dough requires a few hours of refrigeration.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 12 matzo balls

Ingredients

• 3  tablespoons  vegetable oil or 3  tablespoons chicken fat
• 6  large eggs, well beaten
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  grated nutmeg
• 1  teaspoon  grated fresh ginger
• 1 1⁄4 cups matzo meal
• 1  tablespoon  chopped fresh parsley

Directions

1. Mix the chicken fat or vegetable oil with the eggs, salt, nutmeg, ginger, matzo meal and parsley together in a medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight.
2. Bring 3 quarts water to a boil in a large pot. Take the matzo mix out of the refrigerator and, after dipping your hands into a bowl of cold water, gently form balls the size of large walnuts. Add the salt to the water and drop in the balls.
3. Simmer slowly, covered, for about 20 minutes, remove from water with a slotted spoon, and add to the soup.