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Carrot Squash Sweet Potato Soup – Mini Dill Matzo Balls

April 17, 2019 By Jittery Cook 8 Comments

One Bubbie made floaters and the other, sinkers. I was partial to the floaters — soft, billowy matzo balls that melted in your mouth. My cousin always joked about bouncing the sinkers along the narrow long Seder tables.  

Add them to this Carrot Squash Sweet Potato Soup,  and you get a perfect meatless alternative to Bubbie’s standard — chicken soup. Go ahead and please the vegetarians and vegans among you with this splendid, glowing bowl of orange.

Carrot Squash Sweet Potato Soup in a black bowl, garnished with 3 Mini Dill Matzo Balls. Matzo on the side

Carrot Squash Sweet Potato Soup 

  • 3 medium-sized carrots, roughly chopped
  • 1  two-pound squash, peeled, seeded, chopped in chunks 
  • 1 1/2 lbs sweet potato, chopped in chunks
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 stalks celery, roughly chopped
  • a handful of celery leaves
  • 8 c water or broth
  • 1 T Better Than Bouillon, vegetable flavour
  • 1 t Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/2 c fresh dill, finely chopped as garnish
  • mini dill matzo balls, as garnish

Add all ingredients, except for dill and matzo balls, to Instant Pot and pressure cook for 12 minutes. Blend in a Vitamix, or powerful blender, and taste to adjust seasoning. Serve garnished with dill and Mini Dill Matzo Balls. Serves 8.

Ingredients for Carrot Squash Sweet Potato Soup, cut in chunks on a black cutting board. Includes onion, celery, celery leaves and dill

Mini Dill Matzo Balls – Floaters

  • 1 package matzo ball mix
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/4 c vegetable oil (I used avocado oil)
  • 1 T finely chopped fresh dill

In a medium-sized bowl, combine egg and oil, then add matzo ball mix and dill. Let batter rest for 15 minutes. Form into about 27 mini balls, each the size of a quarter.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Drop in matzo balls. Cover pot. Reduce to a simmer, and cook for 30 minutes.

Remove matzo balls from water with a slotted spoon. Allow them to cool if making in advance. Can be frozen on a flat surface.

Mini Dill Matzo Balls, just formed, on a plate

Carrot Squash Sweet Potato Soup – Mini Dill Matzo Balls Print Ready Recipe

Mini Dill Matzo Balls, cooked, ready to be frozen in a tupperware

Final notes:

  • Happy Pesach! Happy Easter! I’m so happy spring has sprung.
  • It’s easier to peel squash with a serrated peeler.

serrated peeler for peeling squash

  • Have you seen Streit’s Matzo and the American Dream? 

  • Watch film director Michael Levine discuss the documentary, which chronicles the final historic year of the last family owned matzo bakery in America, located on New York’s Lower East Side. 

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Comments

  1. Susan Kessler says

    April 17, 2019 at 5:39 pm

    I’m partial to floaters myself. Good idea to put a little chopped dill into the balls! Will do that for Friday night!
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Jittery Cook says

      April 17, 2019 at 6:09 pm

      That’s 2 – 0 for floaters! Thanks for liking Susie!

      Reply
  2. rhona elias says

    April 17, 2019 at 9:11 pm

    Can you make this in a regular pot on top of the stove. How long would you cook it for?

    Reply
    • Jittery Cook says

      April 17, 2019 at 9:39 pm

      Hey Rhona, I haven’t tried it in a pot but I’d guess about 20 or 25 minutes of cooking would soften veggies.
      I usually start soups in a pot with a tablespoon of olive oil and cook the onion and celery for 5 – 10 minutes before adding other veggies and liquid.

      Reply
  3. rhona elias says

    April 17, 2019 at 9:46 pm

    Thanks. Can you buy The better than Bouillon here in Montreal & where?

    Reply
    • Jittery Cook says

      April 18, 2019 at 5:42 am

      I’ve bought it at Costco and supermarkets. It seems like a decent flavour booster. I used water in the soup, so it added a little punch. You could substitute whatever you like that enhances flavour. I also like Vegeta.

      Reply
      • rhona elias says

        April 19, 2019 at 4:09 pm

        I use Streit’s instant chicken soup. It is very good.

        Reply
  4. Carmela says

    April 19, 2019 at 9:16 am

    I loved the story of the two types of matzo balls and your memories related to them. What a good idea to make a vegetarian soup alternative using matzo balls.
    Great pictures ! Thank you

    Reply

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