What Is Matzo meal and How Can I Use It?
Matzo meal is easier to cook with than it looks. Here's how to choose, use, and store it, what to substitute, and 58 recipes to get you started.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 matzo (28g)Where found
Matzo meal is usually found in the baking supplies section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Matzo meal is a member of the Baked Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much does matzo meal weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 matzo | 28 grams |
| ½ ounce | 14 grams |
Related
Baked Products
| In Chinese: | 马佐餐 | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | farine de pain azyme | |
| en español: | harina de matzá |
Recipes using matzo meal
There are 58 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Potato Pancakes
Crispy-edged potato pancakes made from grated raw potatoes with just eggs, onion, and matzo meal. Serve hot with applesauce or sour cream for a classic bite.
Chive Potato Pancakes with Smoked Salmon & Golden Caviar
Crispy potato pancakes studded with fresh chives, topped with silky smoked salmon and golden caviar. These elegant latkes turn simple russet potatoes into sophisticated brunch fare.
Orange Matzo Meal Pancakes
Orange matzo meal pancakes are Passover-friendly: no flour, no leavening, just stiffly beaten egg whites folded into matzo meal soaked in fresh orange juice for light, citrus-bright bites.
Passover Chocolate Chip Cookies
Flourless Passover chocolate chip cookies made with matzo meal, cake meal, and potato starch. Kosher for Passover, gluten-free leaning, with crisp edges and chewy centers.
Ashkenazic Chicken Soup & Matzo Balls with Fresh Dill
A classic passover Matzah ball soup that simply delicious. No need to be Jewish to enjoy this chicken soup recipe.
Sweet Potato Kugel
Serve this delicious sweet potato kugel as one of your side dish at your passover dinner.
Matzoh Ball Soup with Homemade Stock
Classic Jewish penicillin with tender matzoh balls floating in rich chicken stock made from scratch with carrots, celery, leeks, and parsnips. Comfort in a bowl that takes time but rewards with deep, soul-warming flavor.
Fruit-Filled Puffs
Fruit-filled puffs made with matzoh cake meal instead of flour, stuffed with fresh strawberries and kiwi, piped with whipped topping, and drizzled with chocolate syrup. A Passover-friendly choux pastry dessert.
Fruit-Filled Puffs
Fruit-filled puffs made with matzoh cake meal instead of flour, stuffed with fresh strawberries and kiwi, piped with whipped topping, and drizzled with chocolate syrup. A Passover-friendly choux pastry dessert.
Hammin Di Pesach
Hammin di Pesach is a traditional Passover lamb stew with chicken meatballs, spinach, and matzo served as a two-course meal. Braised lamb chops and tiny seasoned chicken dumplings simmer together, then split into a main dish and a matzo soup.
Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls
Chicken soup with light, fluffy matzo balls, parsnips, broccoli, and mushrooms in a savory broth. A vegetable-loaded twist on the classic Jewish comfort soup, finished with fresh dill.
Stuffed Fritters
Matzoh fritters stuffed with currants, almonds, and dried apricots, lightened with folded egg whites and fried golden. A Passover-friendly treat with bright lemon flavor.
Matzoh Balls
Classic Jewish matzoh balls with a hint of ginger, simmered until fluffy and floating in golden chicken broth. Pareve, kosher for Passover, makes 16 balls.
Simple Matzoh Balls
Easy matzoh ball dumplings made with just 5 ingredients: eggs, matzo meal, fat, salt, and stock. Drop them into any soup for fluffy, tender dumplings that cook in 30-40 minutes.
Very Festive Chicken
Festive holiday chicken coated in matzo meal and braised in a honey, pineapple-orange marinade with apples, onion, and celery. Finished with a bright honey-lemon-Dijon glaze and fresh pineapple. A natural for Passover.
Haroset Cake with Zabaglione Sauce
Haroset cake with zabaglione sauce turns the Passover walnut-apple-wine condiment into a flourless springform cake, served warm with a whisked Italian wine custard.
Minestra Di Riso Per Pesach
Minestra di riso per Pesach is an Italian-Jewish Passover soup with tiny chicken-matzo meatballs, rice, and a hard-boiled egg yolk in each bowl. Delicate holiday soup with cinnamon-spiced meatballs.
Giffilte Fish
Gefilte fish made from scratch with ground whitefish, pike, and carp, poached in a vegetable broth with carrots and onions. A traditional Jewish holiday recipe.
Vegetable Cutlets
Vegetarian vegetable cutlets with mashed potatoes, spinach, carrots, and bell peppers bound with matzo meal and egg. Pan-fried or baked into crispy patties.
Turkey Breast Pie for Passover
An Italian-Jewish Passover pie with seasoned turkey breast, pine nuts, and broth-soaked matzo bound with eggs and baked with egg yolks nestled on top. Fragrant with sage, rosemary, and nutmeg, this kosher holiday main is truly special.
Lemon-Pecan Torte
Lemon-pecan torte made with ground pecans and matzoh meal instead of flour, topped with a lemon curd glaze. A naturally flourless cake perfect for Passover.
Apricot Chicken (Jessica's)
Apricot chicken baked low and slow with a sweet-tangy glaze of apricot preserves, duck sauce, ketchup, and vinegar over matzo-crusted pieces. A crowd-feeding, Jewish-style classic.
Passover Rhubarb Cobbler
Passover-friendly rhubarb cobbler with raspberries and a matzo meal crumble topping. Tart, fruity, and bubbling with a golden, nutmeg-scented crust. No flour needed.
Pesach Brownies
Fudgy Passover brownies made with matzo meal and cocoa powder instead of flour. Kosher for Pesach, rich and chocolatey, with a dense chewy texture the whole family will fight over.
Passover Brownies
Flourless Passover brownies made with matzo cake meal instead of flour. Rich, fudgy chocolate squares kosher for Passover with nuts folded in for crunch.
