Matzo - Matzah Cookery

Matzah Cookery

Matzot are used not only by themselves but in several roles in Passover cuisine where they can substitute for flour or pasta. In English-speaking countries, where Ashkenazic culture dominates, matzo balls and matzo farfel are widely used in soups and as pasta, as well as matzah meal being used in baked goods such as cakes. Matzah brei is another popular dish of Ashkenazi Jewish origins made from matzo fried with eggs.

Sephardim use matzah (soaked in water or stock) as a substitute for phyllo or lasagna pasta to make pies known as mina (or, in Italian, scacchi).

Matzo meal pancakes, made from fried matzo meal (powder ground matzah), egg, and milk, are eaten when wheatflour pancakes and bread are forbidden.

Some Ashkenazim do not cook with matzah, believing that mixing it with water may allow leavening; the mixture is called "gebrochts" by Ashkenazic Jews.