Skill required: Know your way around a kitchen.
Kreplach are small squares of rolled pasta dough filled with ground beef or chicken and folded into triangles. They can be boiled and served in soup or fried and served as a side dish.
Dough:
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons Oil
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 teaspsoons Baking powder OR baking soda
1. In a large bowl combine flour, salt and oil.
2. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks, water and baking powder (or soda).
3. Add to flour mixture.
4. Knead and roll out thin on floured board.
5. Cut into 3-inch squares or circles.
Filling:
1 onion diced
2 Tablespoons Oil
1 cup cooked ground beef or chicken
1 teaspoon Salt
1/4 teaspoon Pepper
1 egg
1 Tablespoon Matzoh meal
1. Saute onion in oil.
2. Add ground beef or chicken and brown for 5 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and cool.
4. Add salt, pepper, egg and matzoh meal and mix well.
5. Place a teaspoon of filling carefully in center of each 3-inch dough square.
6. Fold in a triangle (like wonton).
7. Moisten edges with tip of finger dipped in cold water to keep seams closed.
8. Place in boiling water. Cook approximately 20 minutes until kreplach float to top. When ready, remove from pot and serve in soup.
9. Yields: 18 kreplach
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