Name: Best Matzah Balls
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 16 servings
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 6 tablespoons olive oil; 1/3 cup club soda; 2 tablespoons club soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 cups matzo meal, or more as needed; 4 quarts water

Best Matzah Balls

"These can be tricky to get the right consistency. After years of experimenting with the basic recipe, I found these to come out soft but not falling apart. If you like firm/hard-middle matzah balls, either reduce the seltzer or add 1/4 cup matzah meal."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients

Why it works: Egg and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 31% of all ingredient pairs, and 15,340 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Best Matzah Balls

16 servings

Prep20 min

Cook25 min

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By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Egg + olivetop 31% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together15,340 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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