A Quick Passover Treat

Posted: April 1, 2010 | Author: Bakezilla | Filed under: Bakezilla | No Comments »

I’m not Jewish. I grew up an Irish Catholic. However, I have many Jewish friends, and one Jewish special someone. So, I made a Passover dessert this week using matzo. I’m informed that once Passover is over, Jewish people are so sick of matzo that they won’t look at until the next year, but I actually kind of like it. I mean, it’s just crackers, they’re simple, they’re tasty, and they make an easy base for things like:

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL MATZO!

First, make the caramel. Caramel is basically just dairy products and brown sugar melted together to make some gooey deliciousness.

Take about half a stick of butter, a cup and a half of brown sugar, and 3/4 cup milk and put them in a heavy saucepan. While stirring, bring them to a boil. Once they’re boiling, cover, and cook for 3-4 minutes. Uncover, cook for a minute or two more (watch it so it doesn’t burn), take off heat. Spread over the matzo, let cool.

Once the caramel is cool, melt some dark chocolate chips (use high quality) with some milk, so it’s spreadable. Spread this on top of the caramel.

I sprinkled some coarse sea salt on top. I LOVE salty chocolate, but be careful not to use too much. A little goes a long way. This is a fairly new taste to me, and I love to contrast. Delicious.

Allow to cool, and bon apetit! Easy, few ingredients, Kosher, delish. For those who celebrate, enjoy the rest of your Passover, for those who don’t, enjoy some chocolate-caramely matzo anyway! I’d like to think that food is the easiest (and tastiest) way to bridge cultures.

Speaking of, this image of a bloody confectionary lamb is from my new favorite website, Cake Wrecks: http://www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com

They also have a book out, and the tag is “when professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.” Now, I’m not pretending that I’m the best cake decorator there is. Far from it. But some of the stuff there… makes me laugh to the point of tears. I hope you enjoy as well! (Warning: may not be suitable for work).