Guest guest Posted March 3, 2003 Report Share Posted March 3, 2003 This is my first year off gluten, and Passover is coming up. There's no substitute for Matzo at Passover -- how does one find gluten-free Matzo and matzo meal? Marakay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2003 Report Share Posted March 3, 2003 Marakay, There are substitutes and Passover's actually one of the best times of year to be gluten-free. You will find ready-made cakes and other goodies typically off-limit that are now ok. You want to make sure foods say: non-gebroktz - this means, there's no matzah products in the dishes. You can have Oat Matzah - it's the one time of year oats are safe and gluten-free. The rabbi who makes this product started because his daughter has Celiac, if I'm remembering correctly, and he wanted her to be able to have matzah for Pesach. The price of a box is similar to the price of the Oat Shmura Matzah is similar to the price of regular wheat-filled Shmurah Matzah (about $18-$20 per box). He only grows oats in his field, so there's no risk of cross contamination - if only he'd make something with them all year round, but only having that once a year makes oats as special as it made matzah in my pre-gluten-free days. You need to avoid: matzah, matzah meal, matzah farfel and cake meal - all are variations of whole matzah and are wheat. I use potato pancake mix as a matzah meal substitute and you can get a product from Paskez called Pesach Crumbs. This product is fabulous and I buy a couple of cases each year and use them throughout the year. There is a recipe for making kneidlach (substitute matzah balls) on the box as well as some other recipe that I can't remember offhand. Other than having to flip my entire house to prep for the holiday, I look forward to all the extra choices with food I have. Wilton makes non-gebroktz blintzes I just adore and Schick's Bakery in NY has a whole line of non-gebroktz tasty treats. I can't remember other brands or products off the top of my head, but go to a local Kosher store and have fun. It's my favorite time of year. Aviva (Chicago area) - mjr91 Monday, March 03, 2003 4:53 PM Passover question This is my first year off gluten, and Passover is coming up. There's no substitute for Matzo at Passover -- how does one find gluten-free Matzo and matzo meal? Marakay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2003 Report Share Posted March 4, 2003 Marakay There is a matzo sub but I will have to have a look on my GFCFRecipes list. Several of the members there are of Jewish heritage and we have discussed this for the last few years now. I will get back to you asap. BL ****************************************************** My food,' said Yahshua, 'Is to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish His work. Yochanan 4:34 Baruch haba b'shem Adonai ****************************************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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