I know that I’m a day late, but for all of those readers who are observing the Passover holiday, and eating only non-leavened bread products– you have an entire week to eat plenty of matzos. One whole week with nary a slice of bread to be seen. Truth be told, it’s been several years since I have been an observant Jew. But I remember in elementary school, my mother packing my lunch for me. I would open my lunch box only to find a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on not homemade white bread, not bread at all– but matzos.
Those were some dry sandwiches! At first, having matzos to snack on seemed special. Like being a member of some secret society. I would pull the brittle pieces out of a sandwich bag, and my non-Jewish schoolmates would ask a slew of questions. I would explain about Passover, the Seder plate, the ritual of the food, and most of all– the matzo. Biting into my “sandwich” and having it splinter and shatter into a million pieces, was part of the holiday for me. But by day three, these sandwiches got a bit old. I grew tired of the peanut butter turning entirely to glue and sticking like a retainer to the roof of my mouth.
Maybe I would have felt a little different about the whole matzos thing, if I had been eating these matzos:
Last week, Mark Bittman published this recipe for homemade olive oil matzos developed from a Sardinian flat bread called carta musica in The New York Times. It looked so simple that I decided to give it a try. Am I glad that I did! This “bread” was delicious.
Of course, being flavored with olive oil may not be the traditional thing, but this is the type of bread/cracker that I would make even if it wasn’t the Passover holiday. The olive oil makes the dough smooth and sumptuous, and it rolls out like a dream. Upon baking, the dough blisters and bubbles, giving it the airiness and crispness that true matzos has. And the flavor is unadulterated and flavorful.
Perhaps if I had known about these olive oil matzos years ago, eating a week’s worth of matzos would have been a pleasure.
I made this for me and Bryan last week. It's delicious. We had it with some roasted eggplant pureed with some garlic and olive oil. I always like finding new uses for heated baking sheets.
I made this for me and Bryan last week. It's delicious. We had it with some roasted eggplant pureed with some garlic and olive oil. I always like finding new uses for heated baking sheets.
I made this for me and Bryan last week. It's delicious. We had it with some roasted eggplant pureed with some garlic and olive oil. I always like finding new uses for heated baking sheets.
I made this for me and Bryan last week. It's delicious. We had it with some roasted eggplant pureed with some garlic and olive oil. I always like finding new uses for heated baking sheets.
I made this for me and Bryan last week. It's delicious. We had it with some roasted eggplant pureed with some garlic and olive oil. I always like finding new uses for heated baking sheets.
Great image of the peanut butter sticking like a retainer!
I've never had matzo, so cannot relate. The closest I can come is having stale a Communion wafer stick to the back of my throat, and not being able to take a decent swig of the wine to wash it down. Walking away from the Communion rail wheezing like a cat with a hair ball is not a very pious image, is it?
Great image of the peanut butter sticking like a retainer!
I've never had matzo, so cannot relate. The closest I can come is having stale a Communion wafer stick to the back of my throat, and not being able to take a decent swig of the wine to wash it down. Walking away from the Communion rail wheezing like a cat with a hair ball is not a very pious image, is it?
Great image of the peanut butter sticking like a retainer!
I've never had matzo, so cannot relate. The closest I can come is having stale a Communion wafer stick to the back of my throat, and not being able to take a decent swig of the wine to wash it down. Walking away from the Communion rail wheezing like a cat with a hair ball is not a very pious image, is it?
Great image of the peanut butter sticking like a retainer!
I've never had matzo, so cannot relate. The closest I can come is having stale a Communion wafer stick to the back of my throat, and not being able to take a decent swig of the wine to wash it down. Walking away from the Communion rail wheezing like a cat with a hair ball is not a very pious image, is it?
Great image of the peanut butter sticking like a retainer!
I've never had matzo, so cannot relate. The closest I can come is having stale a Communion wafer stick to the back of my throat, and not being able to take a decent swig of the wine to wash it down. Walking away from the Communion rail wheezing like a cat with a hair ball is not a very pious image, is it?
It such a simple looking but classic dish.
Really appreciate for recipe.
It such a simple looking but classic dish.
Really appreciate for recipe.
It such a simple looking but classic dish.
Really appreciate for recipe.
It such a simple looking but classic dish.
Really appreciate for recipe.
It such a simple looking but classic dish.
Really appreciate for recipe.
It likes Indian pancake….
Is that makes different that use which kind of olive oil?
It likes Indian pancake….
Is that makes different that use which kind of olive oil?
It likes Indian pancake….
Is that makes different that use which kind of olive oil?
It likes Indian pancake….
Is that makes different that use which kind of olive oil?
It likes Indian pancake….
Is that makes different that use which kind of olive oil?