Stinkerpants

Passover!

April 9, 2009 in Personal Projects • Holidays • Cooking

Yesterday I spent almost all day cooking.  My parents flew down from Oregon, and I made a delicious home-made pizza (recipe to come!) and a fun cake for my mom’s birthday, which was last week.  I also roasted some kale and made some crack.

Wait, what?  Made crack?

I mean Matzo Crack.

A few years ago, my cousin Julie made toffee matzah.  It’s super delcious.  In fact, my friend Amy posted about it on her blog just the other day!  I wanted to try something a little bit different this year.  Something a little more…gourmet, if you will.  That’s when I found this recipe (that’s where the photo’s from, too!).

Basically, it’s like the toffee matzah Julie and I have both made before, but it suggests a couple of new toppings, like pistachios, candied ginger or sea salt.  I made two batches–I used candied ginger for one, and sea salt for the other.  I can’t lie, the sea salt is my favorite.  It reminds me of the awesome toffee made at Sketch Ice Cream Shop in Berkeley.  The mix of salt and sweet is to die for, and it’s called “crack” because you seriously can’t stop eating it.  My mother-in-law came to look at the chickens and had three pieces!

Passover is my all-time favorite holiday.  Every year, my entire family gets together–people fly in from all over the country, and there are usually about 25-30 of us. I absolutely adore my family, and I’ve never missed a Passover in 26 years.  One day I hope to host it myself.  :)

My favorite part of the Seder (and amusingly, Y’s least favorite part) is the part where we get to make little matzah sandwiches using horseradish and haroset.  I seriously love horseradish–the hotter, the better–and I look forward to this all year.  Sometimes, I even make my own haroset at home so I can enjoy it all by myself.

Our Seder is on Saturday, but I’m going to be enjoying the next few days with my parents.  See you on Monday!