The Soup:

For your soup see the Chicken Soup with Kreplach however you will substitute Matzo Balls for the Kreplach.

The Matzo Balls:

1 cup Matzo Meal

½ cup seltzer water or club soda

4 eggs, well beaten

2 tablespoons olive oil

Salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients together well and refrigerate for at least an hour. *  Bring about 3 quarts of water to a simmer.  Form the Matzo dough/batter into balls about the size of a walnut.  You can do this with a portion scoop or with two spoons.  Gently form the formed balls into the simmering water and poach, not boil, them for about seven or eight minutes.  Remove from the poaching water and place them in your Chicken broth.

Why not poach them directly in the soup or broth?  They will make it cloudy.

*  The refrigeration is vital. It makes the difference between matzo balls that are light or led.  I kid you not!