How can I make matzo meal and matzo farfel?
I have a surplus of matzo this year thanks to Costco, and I assume I can crank out my own matzo meal and matzo farfel at home from whole matzo.
Has anyone done this? Should I just put the matzo in a food processor to make the matzo meal until it looks right?
What about the matzo farfel? Should I just smash up whole matzo with a meat tenderizing mallet in a bag or something?
Best Answer
According to Sassy Radish, yes, you can make your own matzo meal by the obvious method of putting some crumbled matzo sheets into the food processor. She notes that you will get about 1/2 cup from two sheets.
Farfel can be made simply by breaking the matzo into appropriately sized pieces. This site explains that it is easiest to do it by hand to get the uniform size. About.com's Kosher Food section even says that is all farfel is: broken up matzo.
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Is matzo farfel same as matzo meal?
Answer: They're all the same thing. Matzo meal is ground matzo, matzo cake meal is finely ground, and matzo farfel (FAR-fell) is simply larger, broken bits of matzo. (And matzo ball soup mix? Just matzo meal with a bit of salt, maybe a little granulated onion or garlic).Can I make my own matzo farfel?
You can buy commercially prepared matzo farfel, but it's just as simple to break up sheets of matzo on your own, as in this recipe.What is a substitute for matzo farfel?
Passover SubstitutionsInstead Of:Substitute This:1 Cup matzo meal3 broken matzos or 2 Cups matzo farfel, finely ground with food processor1 Cup matzo cake meal1 Cup plus 2 tbsp matzo meal, pulverized in blender or food processor1 Cup matzo farfel1 1/2 matzo sheets, crumbled into small pieces12 more rows•Apr 3, 2020What is the difference between matzo and farfel?
Matzo farfel is simply crumbled matzo. It's not finely ground, but closer to the size of coarsely crushed crackers. The bigger size makes it ideal for for bready stuffings, crunchy toppings, and sweet or savory kugels.matza farfel
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Answer 2
It occurred to me that many recipes that call for matzo farfel usually call for soaking it in hot water. If you add the hot water first before breaking up the whole matzo, it should prevent finer dust from being created. So follow these instructions:
For each cup of matzo farfel called for in the recipe, use two pieces of matzo. Add the hot water as called for in the recipe to the whole matzo, then break up into about 1/2 pinky fingernail sized pieces.
Matzo meal can be created just by putting dry matzo in a food processor until the consistency of cornmeal or flour.
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