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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/liver-stuffed-kneidlach/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/liver-stuffed-kneidlach/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "liver-stuffed-kneidlach",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/liver-stuffed-kneidlach/",
  "title": "Chicken-Liver Stuffed Matzo Balls",
  "summary": "Matzo meal kneidlach with a center of chopped liver, cooked in boiling water and served in soup.",
  "categories": [
    "soups",
    "starters"
  ],
  "holidays": [
    "passover"
  ],
  "kashrut": "meat",
  "diet": [
    "kosher-for-passover"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 40,
    "cook": 15,
    "rest": 180,
    "total": 235
  },
  "yield": {
    "amount": 15,
    "unit": "dumplings"
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Dumplings",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "boiling water",
          "note": "250 ml",
          "text": "1 cup boiling water"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "matzo meal",
          "text": "1 cup matzo meal"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "item": "large eggs",
          "text": "2 large eggs"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "vegetable oil",
          "text": "1 tbsp vegetable oil"
        },
        {
          "item": "thinly sliced fried onion",
          "text": "thinly sliced fried onion"
        },
        {
          "item": "salt and pepper",
          "text": "salt and pepper"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Chopped liver",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 7,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "liver",
          "note": "for the kosher version use broiled (kashered) liver",
          "text": "7 oz liver"
        },
        {
          "item": "fried onion",
          "text": "fried onion"
        },
        {
          "item": "salt and pepper",
          "text": "salt and pepper"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "item": "hard-boiled eggs",
          "text": "2 hard-boiled eggs"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Dough",
      "steps": [
        "In a regular pot, mix the dumpling ingredients, without the water.",
        "Pour the boiling water over everything and stir well.",
        "Let stand for at least 3 hours, until the dough is completely cool and easy to handle."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Chopped liver",
      "steps": [
        "Fry the liver with the onion and season with salt and pepper.",
        "Remove from the heat and let cool. Grind together with the hard-boiled eggs in a food processor."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Filling and cooking",
      "steps": [
        "With wet hands, roll the dough into smooth balls.",
        "Make a well in the center of each ball, fill with chopped liver and seal well.",
        "Cook in lightly salted boiling water, without crowding, for about 10-15 minutes."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [
    "For 45 dumplings I make three times the dough, and 7 oz (200 g) of liver is enough for all of them."
  ],
  "updated": "2026-10-11"
}