Saturday Morning Skillet Matzo Brei

I love this sweet dish on a lazy weekend morning. I made this for me and Eric today after rolling out of bed (you can tell by the kick-ass bed head thing I have going on). It was a dreamy way to start the day - a modestly sweet and simple dish with good coffee and the paper. I love Saturdays.

You can serve with jam, creme fresh, honey, or maple syrup. I think it's perfect on its own. In this version I used fresh apples and whole dried cranberries. I imagine it would be divine with dried apricots, pear, or even a bit of freshly grated lemon zest or ginger. You could take a savory spin on this and instead of fruits mix in spring onion and herbs and serve it with freshly made apple sauce and sour cream. If you do this, you would want to reduce the oil a bit and add an additional egg white.

This will serve 4 easily as a stand alone dish. With fruit and other sides, it will easily serve six. I would half the recipe if you are preparing this for two.

Ingredients

1. Five Matzos broken into pieces
   
2. Two large eggs
3. 1/2 teaspoon of salt
4. 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
5. 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
6. 1 granny smith or tart apple peeled, cored, and diced
7. 1/2 cup of whole, sweetened dried cranberries
8. 1/2 cup of oil

Sleepy morning assembly

1. Cover the matzos with water for 3-5 minutes to soften. Drain thoroughly and press out the excess water.
   
2. Whisk the eggs, salt and cinnamon together in a medium bowl.
3. Incorporate the matzos into the eggs. Add sugar, apples, cranberries, and oil. Mix until all ingredients are well coated with egg.

On the skillet

1. Preheat a cast iron skillet with two tablespoons of oil on medium heat.
2. Spread Matzos mixture on the bottom of the skillet and press into the bottom of the pan.
   
3. Cook on medium-low heat if using cast iron or medium heat if using another type of skillet. Cook absolutely undisturbed for 5 minutes.
4. Carefully flip the matzo mixture in the pan. It may break a bit and that's totally fine. Just flip it piece by piece.
5. Cook until heated through and it turns lovely golden brown color on this side.

Eat right away while it's hot.