Zuppa di Azzime

Name: Zuppa di Azzime (Passover Matzoh Soup)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 celery stalks, chopped; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil; 3 carrots, peeled and chopped; 3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 2 or 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 to 3 tablespoons rendered chicken or goose fat or margarine; 1 cup Tomato Sauce; 2 teaspoons salt; Lots of freshly grated nutmeg; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste; 6 matzohs; 1 cup cooked English peas; 2 cups chopped leftover cooked meat; 2 cups chopped cooked spinach (about 1 pound uncooked); 6 to 8 cups meat broth, or as needed; 1 onion, chopped

Passover Matzoh Soup

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cucina Ebraica

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1998

About

This is a cross between a panada (a layered bread soup) and a scacchi, a layered matzoh pie. In Sephardic cooking, the layered matzoh pie is called mina, ma’ina, or megina. In Turkey, it is mina di karne if made with meat, or pita de pesah in Izmir.

Ingredients

2 to 3 tablespoons rendered chicken or goose fat or margarine
1 onion, chopped
2

Europe
Italy
Mediterranean
Soup

Method

Melt the poultry fat or margarine in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, carrots, garlic, parsley, and basil (the mixture is known as the battuto) and sauté until softened, about 10 minutes. Add the tomato sauce and cooked meat and simmer for a few minutes. Add the cooked peas and spinach and, if the mixture seems dry, pour in a bit of the broth. Mix well and remove from