Mexican Matzo Ball Soup Recipe | Home Jobs by MOM (2024)

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When my grandfather was a child he lived in a small house that his father built. The house consisted of two rooms and no central heating. In the wintertime, it was my grandfather's chore to fill the wood stove with kindling and clean out its ashes. At night they would take the hot coals from the wood stove and use them to heat their bedroom and clothes. Still, during the night the coals would burn out and the house would get COLD. Dressing in layers and wearing a hat to bed helped but the bitter airhas its way of sneaking in. Luckily, during the day eating warm and spicy foods like soups, stews, and anything with a kick helped keep you toasty.

To warm us up this holiday season I decided to make a Matzo Ball Soup but with a latina twist. A Mexican Matzo Ball Soup, if you will. Let me tell you it's delicious! To give it that Mexican kick I was going for I usedLa Morena® Whole Jalapeños that I picked up from my favoriteHispanic supermarket,La Michoacana Meat Market. It's my go-to store for tamales and barbacoa.

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TheseLa Morena® peppers are tasty, high-quality ingredients that brought this soup from drab to fab. They gave this Mexican Matzo Ball Soup just the right amount of heat without setting your head on fire. It's fabulous! And super easy to make too!!

You may be wondering why I chose to add this particular twist to my recipe box. Well, my grandfather was telling me about how there's a link between Hispanics in Texas to Sephardic Jews.Marranos (the realSephardic Jews) settled in places like New Mexico, Denver, and Monterey Texas. While his research into his bloodline suggests he may have a Jewish connection, my grandmother's last name alone raises some eyebrows. His mother'slast name was Farias which is a Portuguesesurname and likely Jewish. In 1492, about 120,000 Jews left Spain to go to Portugal and would of likely have been of Jewish ancestry.

On the other hand, my grandmother's parents were from Monterey Texas. The mecca ofSephardic Jews. Just having the last name Solomon is almost enough for us to believe she had a connection.Unfortunately, his research into her bloodline ended at church fire where all those nice Spanish documents got destroyed.

Whether I am related toSephardic Jews or not remains a mystery unless you consider how my grandmother's family was always referring to each other as codo(tightwad) as proof enough. Jews have anold stereotype of being stingy with money. Or how my grandfather and grandmother were pretty fair skinnedfor Mexicans. Maybe descendants fromgachupines (Spanish-born)? Who knows.

Either way, this Mexican Matzo Ball Soup hits the spot and makes you feel all warm and tingly thanks to La Morena®.It's adelicious meal that's sure to bring your friends and family together this holiday season.

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