Matzah

Also called matza, matzoh, matsah and matse

Cooks treat matzah as bread dough made with flour and sometimes egg or fruit juice. It can be crisp or soft.

May contain egg

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Breads & baking
Texture: Crisp, soft
Cooked most in: Africa
Top country: Tunisia
Dishes: 2 in the catalogue

Photo: HaJunkiyada · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use matzah

Made from

flour
egg (sometimes)
fruit juice (sometimes)

Preparing it

Break or chop matzah for cooked dishes. Soak matzah in water or stock for pies or lasagne.

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

Crisp
Soft

Around the world

Where matzah is cooked

2 dishes in the catalogue use matzah. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Africa1

Countries whose dishes use it most

Tunisia 1

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list matzah among their ingredients.

Origins

1839 · France, Europe and Northern America
A matzah-making machine was invented in France, helping mass-produced crisp matzah become widespread.

On the table

Dishes made with matzah

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Msoki
Tunisia
Matzah brei

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include matzah.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: matzah in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: Sometimes eggs (only when the optional ingredient is used)
Animal origin: Sometimes egg (only when the optional ingredient is used)

Around the world

What matzah is called

Names in 50 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Matzá · Matzo · Matza · Matzah
French
matza · Matsa · Matzot · Matzah
Italian
Matzah · Matzot
Portuguese
Matzá · Matzo
German
Matze · Mazzen · Mazzot · Ungesäuertes
Dutch
matse · matzos · matzot · matsáh
Greek
μάτζα
Turkish
Matsa · Hamursuz
Russian
маца · опресноки
Polish
Maca · Chleb przaśny
Arabic
مصة · مصه
Persian
مصا

Show all 50 languages

Afrikaans
Matso
Armenian
մացա · բաղարջ
Basque
Matzah
Bavarian
Matze
Belarusian
маца
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
маца
Breton
Matzah
Bulgarian
Маца
Catalan
Matzà · Matzah
Central Kurdish
ماتزا
Chinese
猶太逾越節薄餅
Czech
maces · macesy
Danish
Matzah
Egyptian Arabic
مصه
Esperanto
maco
Estonian
Matsa
Filipino
Matsa · Matzo · Mazah · Matsah
Finnish
Matsa
Georgian
მაცა
Gothic
𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌶𐍉
Hebrew
מצה · לחם עוני · מצת מכונה · אכילת מצה
Hungarian
macesz · pászka
Indonesian
Matzo
Interlingua
Matza
Japanese
マッツァー · マッツォ · マッツォー
Javanese
Matzo
Kazakh
Маца
Kazakh (Arabic)
ماتسا
Kazakh (China)
ماتسا
Kazakh (Cyrillic)
Маца
Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
Маца
Kazakh (Latin)
Maca
Kazakh (Türkiye)
Maca
Korean
마차 · 무효병 · 무교병
Lithuanian
macas · Macai · Matza · Matca
Macedonian
маца
Malagasy
Matso
Norwegian Bokmål
Massá · Matsót · Matsá · Matzos
Norwegian Nynorsk
Massá
Romanian
matzah · pasca · pască
Slovak
Maces
Swedish
Matza · Matzo · Matzah
Ukrainian
маца
Yiddish
מצה · מצות
Zaza
Matsa

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q211361

Photos

Photo: HaJunkiyada · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons