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One of the most traditional Italian pasta dishes for Shavuot has ancient roots and a mysterious name: “Masconod”. The original recipe features parmigiano mixed with sugar and cinnamon (the same unusual combination used to dress gnocchi in some areas of North-Eastern Italy), although the less adventurous palates replace the sugar and cinnamon with black pepper. The pasta is rolled-up manicotti-style, but tighter, like Moroccan cigars: since Shavuot commemorates God’s giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, it’s customary to eat some “rolled” foods, resembling Torah scrolls. This is also true of Simchat Torah (which marks the conclusion of the annual Torah reading cycle and the beginning of the next), but the rolls of Shavuot are usually filled with cream or cheese, since “Like honey and milk [the Torah] lies under your tongue” (Song of Songs 4:11)….
While Masconod is traditionally made with fresh lasagna sheets, this year I’ve tried it with crespelle (Italian crepes) and it was love at first taste! Move over, blintzes! Here are both options:
Ingredients
- (serves 6)
- fresh lasagna sheets OR crespelle (Italian crepes) (double the amount in the crepes recipe)
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup sugar (to taste)
- 1 to 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (to taste)
- 3 cups freshly grated Parmigiano, Grana or Parmigianito
- 1 stick unsalted butter, or to taste
Directions
Make fresh pasta, cut into 25-30 5-inch squares, cook in boiling salted water a few at a time, drain and dry on an old towel.
If you prefer, make the (round) crespelle following the recipe, and cook in a non-stick skillet.
Combine the cheese with the sugar and cinnamon (or with simple black pepper if you don’t like sweet and savory combinations).
Brush each pasta square or crepe with melted butter, and sprinkle with a couple of tablespoons of cheese mixture.
Roll up like tight manicottis and arrange in one single layer in a buttered baking tray.
Brush the rolls with more melted butter, and top with the remaining cheese mixture.
Depending on the size of your baking dish, you can make a single layer or a double layer.
Bake for 20 to 30 minutes in a pre-heated 350 degree F oven.
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these look wonderful!
thank you – they are!!!
So simple and positively irresistible. Hag Sameah.