Ingredients Matzo meal and eggs.
How Made Matzos are crushed to a fine flour, which is kneaded with eggs to form a dough. The dough is rolled out into a sheet—not too thin—and short, flat noodles are cut from it.
Also Known As No alternative names.
How Served In broth, usually chicken or goose, but sometimes vegetable.
Where Found Italy in general, but in particular in Ferrara.
This dish is prepared for Passover, or Pesach, when leavened or fermented food is prohibited for several days, hence the use of matzos crushed into flour. The same dough is used to make small maltagliati, which are also served in broth, usually chicken or goose but sometimes vegetable. The use of matzo flour is ancient and is already present in the book of Exodus.76
