Unleavened Bread Recipe Israeli Classic Food

UNLEAVENED BREAD (MATZAH)

Steps:

• Combine the salt and flour together in a large bowl. Stir in the water until the dough comes together. Knead for 5 minutes.
• Preheat the skillet over medium-low heat.
• Pinch off 7 pieces of dough and form into balls. Roll out each piece on a lightly floured surface (approx 6-7-inch ovals).
• Cook on a hot skillet for 2 minutes on each side. Serve or store covered.

UNLEAVENED BREAD (THE ORIGINAL LOAF)

Steps:

• Add all dry ingredients to a bowl and whisk to mix well.
• Add olive oil, and warm water.
• Make into a dough. If too wet add a bit of flour, and if to dry add a little more liquid.
• Divide into equal portions of dough, and form into balls.
• Roll out into ¼ inch flatbreads.
• Heat a cast iron pan over a medium to high heat.
• Cook each loaf for 4 to 5 minutes a side or until cooked.

UNLEAVENED BREAD FOR COMMUNION

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Mix flour, oil, and salt together in a bowl; add water and mix using a pastry cutter until dough is soft. Form dough into 6 balls and press into disks onto the prepared baking sheet using your hands.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bread is cooked, 8 to 10 minutes.

UNLEAVENED BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Mix flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture.
• Beat eggs and melted butter together; pour into the well in the flour mixture and mix with a fork until crumbly. Slowly add milk to the flour mixture, using hands to mix the dough into a ball.
• Roll dough into a flat loaf and put onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until lightly browning along the edges, 15 to 20 minutes.

MATZAH

Steps:

• Move an oven rack near the top of oven and preheat oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C). Preheat a heavy baking sheet in the oven.
• Dust a clean work surface and a rolling pin with 1 teaspoon flour, or as needed. Place 1 cup of flour into a mixing bowl; set a timer for about 16 minutes (18 minutes maximum). Start the timer; pour the water, about 1 tablespoon at a time, into the flour. Stir the water and flour together with a fork until the dough forms a rough ball, remove the dough to the prepared work surface, knead rapidly and firmly until smooth, about 30 seconds to 1 minute.
• Divide the dough into four equal pieces; cut each piece in half again to get 8 pieces total. Swiftly roll each piece into a ball. Roll each piece of dough out into a 5-inch pancake, dusting the top and rolling pin with flour as needed. Gradually roll the pancakes out to a size of about 8 inches, increasing the size of each by about 1 inch, then letting the dough rest for a few seconds before rolling again to the finished size. Roll from the center out. The bread rounds should be very thin. Using a fork, quickly pierce each bread about 25 times, all over, to prevent rising. The holes should go completely through the bread. Flip the bread over, and pierce each piece another 25 times with the fork.
• With at least 5 minutes left on the timer, remove the hot baking sheet from the preheated oven, and place the rounds onto the baking sheet. Place the baking sheet onto the rack near the top of the oven, and bake for 2 minutes; turn the breads over and bake an additional 2 minutes, until the matzot are lightly browned and crisp.
• Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Lightly anoint each matzah with olive oil, using a brush, and sprinkle generously with salt.

UNLEAVENED BREAD FOR PASSOVER

Steps:

• Roll out to 1/8 inch thick.
• Place on greased cookie sheet.
• Score into about 1 inch squares.
• Cut into 4 x 5 rectangles.
• Bake at 400 degrees about 15 minutes.
• In the first minutes of baking, prick bubbles that may form.