Hebrew Roots Artisan Matzah
About the
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What Makes This Matzah Different from all Other Matzah? |
The oven, designed and built by Courtney Mellblom, Mudflower Creations, and a team of champions. It is made of the following recycled, sustainable materials: soil, clay, sand, straw, water, linseed oil and wax. The soil came from a pit about 20 yards away from the oven, the clay is a waste product from the Cal Poly Craft Center, the straw came from old hay bales laying around the property, and the sand came from construction sites in Los Osos during the sewer construction project. The foundation is made of old flagstone pavers and broken chunks of concrete. Everything about it is locally sourced, and most of the materials used to create it would have otherwise been treated as waste. Even the firewood comes from the scrap pile at Pacific Coast Lumber, a local saw mill that sources sustainably harvested lumber.
This oven is shaped like a pomegranate- complete with a six-pointed crown on top, and behind it, there are pomegranate trees planted by Camp Shoreshim kids. You can see more photos about how it was built by clicking here. There's a first time for everything, and last year was our first time making matzah, EVER. Each batch varies a little bit, and it is made in very tiny batches. We hope you enjoy this unique, artisan product, and hope that it makes your Passover experience extra special this year. |
Hebrew Roots Artisan Matzah is made from locally grown, organic, heirloom flour. Each matzah is individually handmade in under 18 minutes, and baked to perfection in a wood-fired earthen oven at the JCC Federation of SLO's campus. Rather using a timer or a stopwatch to keep track of time, we bake with a series of 18-minute long playlists of "Passover Pump-Ups," so, while there is no leavening during any part of the baking process, our spirits certainly are rising!
By using heirloom varieties of wheat to make our flour and wood-fire to bake this matzah, we intend to approximate the flavors and textures that our ancestors experienced so many thousands of years ago. The flour we use is a much coarser grind than what you're probably used to and unlike the bleached, ultra-processed stuff you can buy at the store, it really tastes like WHEAT. It's probably not like any matzah you've ever tasted. The flour comes from Kandarian Organic Farms, where you can purchase heirloom, organic grains, beans, flour, herbs and spices. This year, our matzah is not hechshered "Kosher for Passover," but next year we hope to make certified Shmura Matzah. If you have questions about kashrut and our production process, please be in touch with courtney@jccslo.com |