Scacchi (Mediterranean Passover "lasagna")
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Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 8 -10 matzos
- 1 cup chicken broth or 1 cup stock, warm
- 3 eggs, beaten with a little broth
MEAT FILLING
- 1 1⁄2 lbs ground beef or 1 1⁄2 lbs lamb
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 -2 garlic clove
- 1⁄4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup raisins, soaked in warm water
VEGETABLE FILLING
- 1 1⁄2 lbs spinach
- 1⁄2 lb button mushroom, sliced
- 2 medium onions, diced
- 1⁄4 cup pine nuts
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
Directions
- Prepare the meat filling. In a medium pan, cook the meat with the onions and a little olive oil until browned, drain off fat. Add the raisins, parsley, allspice and cinnamon, cook for another couple of minutes. Set the meat mixture aside.
- Now for the vegetable filling! In a little olive oil, cook the onions until translucent, then add the pine nuts and sliced mushrooms, cook for a couple minutes longer. Stir in the spinach (with a bit of water if the spinach isn't frozen) and nutmeg. Cook until the spinach is wilted, set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and soak the matzah in the warm broth until slightly softened and flexible.
- Grease a 9x13" glass pan, and place two soaked matzo in the bottom of the dish, with the edges overlapping slightly.
- Spread a layer of the meat mixture atop the matzo, followed by more matzo. Add a layer of the vegetables. Continue until the filling runs out, then top the pan with a final soaked matzo layer.
- Drizzle the beaten egg/chicken broth along the top of the dish.
- Bake until golden brown on top, about 30-45 minutes. If the top layer of matzo curls up or gets too crispy, you may want to pour a little additional broth over it.
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