Matzah
Servings 12 matzahs
Equipment
- Food processor
- Pastry docker
Ingredients
- 2 cups King Arthur unbleached all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup water
- 1 ½ teaspoons coarse kosher salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 500° F.
Process dough
- Put flour, salt, and oil in food processor fitted with steel blade.
- Start processing, and once machine is on add ½ water.
- Continue to run machine until dough forms firm ball, rides around on blade, and is not at all sticky.
Shape dough
- Cut dough into 12 small balls.
- Flatten each ball into a 3-4 inch patty.
- On pastry cloth or well-floured surface, roll each patty into 6-inch circle. The dough should be thin enough that you almost can see through it.
- If you have a pastry docker, roll the docker across the matzo.
Bake
- Place dough on ungreased cookie sheet, 2 per cookie sheet.
- Sprinkle generously with salt.
- Bake 2-3 minutes.
- Once matzahs begin to puff up and brown, flip and cook for another minute or so.
Notes
Adapted from Olive Oil Matzo, by Mark Bittman, The New York Times.