Editing Matzah (section)

== Cooking with matzah ==
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[[File:Matzah balls.JPG|thumb|[[Matzo ball|Matzah ball]]s]]

Matzah may be used whole, broken, chopped ("matzah [[farfel]]"), or finely ground ("matzah meal"); to make numerous matzah-based cooked dishes. These include [[matzo ball|matzah ball]]s, which are traditionally served in chicken soup; [[matzo brei|matzah brei]], a dish of Ashkenazi origin made from matzah soaked in water, mixed with beaten egg, and fried; [[helzel]], poultry neck skin stuffed with matzah meal; [[matzo pizza|matzah pizza]], in which the piece of matzah takes the place of [[pizza]] crust and is topped with melted cheese and sauce;<ref>{{cite book |last1=Deutsch |first1=Jonathan |last2=Saks |first2=Rachel D. |date=2008 |title=Jewish American Food Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9QXqCpmvcRcC&pg=PA98 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=98 |isbn=978-0313343209}}</ref> and kosher for Passover cakes and cookies, which are made with matzah meal or a finer variety called "cake meal" that gives them a denser texture than ordinary baked foods made with flour. [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] Jews do not cook with matzah, believing that mixing it with water may allow leavening;<ref name=intime>{{cite web|url= http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136591 |title= In Time for the Holiday: What is Matzah? How is it Baked? |website= IsraelNationalNews.com |date= 25 March 2010 |access-date= 2013-02-19| quote= According to Jewish Law, once matzo is baked, it cannot become hametz. However, some Ashkenazim, chiefly in Hassidic communities, do not eat [wetted matzo], for fear that part of the dough was not sufficiently baked and might become hametz when coming in contact with water.}}</ref> this stringency is known as ''[[gebrochts]]''.<ref name=chabad>{{cite web |url= https://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/265990/jewish/Gebrokts-Wetted-Matzah.htm| title= 'Gebrokts': Wetted Matzah| year=2018|access-date=21 March 2018|work=[[Chabad|Chabad.org]]}}</ref> However, Jews who avoid eating ''gebrochts'' will eat cooked matzah dishes on the eighth day of Passover outside the Land of Israel, as the eighth day is of [[Yom tov sheni shel galuyot|rabbinic and not Torah origin]].<ref name=chabad />

Sephardim use matzah soaked in water or stock to make pies or [[lasagne]],<ref name=Goldstein>{{cite book|last1=Goldstein|first1=Joyce|title=Cucina ebraica: flavors of the Italian Jewish kitchen|date=1998|publisher=Chronicle Books|location=San Francisco|isbn=978-0811819695|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/cucinaebraicafla00gold}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| author1 =DrGaellon |title= Scacchi (Passover Lasagna)|url=http://www.food.com/recipe/scacchi-passover-lasagna-365816 |website= Food.com|access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref> known as ''mina'', ''méguena'', ''mayena'' or {{langx|it|scacchi}}.<ref name= Romanow>{{cite web |last1= Romanow| first1= Katherine| title= Eating Jewish: Scacchi (Italian Matzo Pie)| url= http://jwa.org/blog/eating-jewish-scacchi-matzah-pie |website= JWA.org| publisher= Jewish Women's Archive |access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref>