Broccoli and Cheese Mina

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    Four

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

  • About

A Mina is a Sephardic-style pie, prepared from layered Matzos and a savoury sauce and topped with beaten egg, which holds it all together as it bakes. Mina can be either meat or dairy. Enjoyed in Turkey and Mexico, it combines Spanish and Jewish heritage.

Ingredients

  • 1 large broccoli head
  • pinch of salt
  • pinch of sugar

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Remove the tough part of the stem from the broccoli, then cut the broccoli head into even-size florets. Cook the broccoli by either steaming above or boiling in water to which you have added a pinch of salt and sugar. Cook