How to Bake With Matzo Meal
Matzo is cracker-like bread made from water and flour. To remain kosher, the flour cannot be mixed with water for more than 18 minutes before baking. The dough is pricked to ensure that is does not rise. Matzo meal is made by grinding the baked matzo into fine crumbs and used as flour, although its texture is more dense. The following steps will show how to bake with matzo meal.
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Buy matzo meal commercially. Although it is closely associated with Passover, matzo is available throughout the year in the ethnic section of most major grocery stores.
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Make matzo meal at home. Take a box of matzos and grind them into a fine powder. You can do this with a food processor or by placing them in a plastic bag and thoroughly crushing them with a heavy object.
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Substitute a medium-grain matzo meal for flour in many cases. It may be used for most types of baking, coating fried food and thickening soups and gravy. This matzo meal has about the same texture as cornmeal.
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Cook traditional dishes with medium matzo meal. These include gefilte fish, matzo balls and pancakes. Matzo balls are the most common use of matzo meal and are made by mixing the meal with eggs and chicken fat to hold them together. This mixture is formed into balls and cooked in boiling water.
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Bake cakes with a fine-grain matzo meal. This grade will be labeled as cake meal.
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