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'''Mofletta''' ({{langx|he|מופלטה}}, also '''Mufleta''', '''Mofleta''', '''Moufleta''' etc.) is a Maghrebi Jewish pancake traditionally eaten during the Mimouna celebration, the day after Passover.<ref name="passoverrecipe">{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/pa2/passover/recipes-pesach/mufleta-recipe-mofleta-moufleta-mimouna.html|title=Mufleta Recipe|publisher=Elimelech David Ha-Levi Web|access-date=2009-10-16}}</ref>
Mofletta is a thin crêpe made from water, flour, and oil. The dough is rolled out thinly and cooked in a greased frying pan until it is yellow-brown. It is usually eaten warm and is spread with butter, honey, syrup, jam, walnuts, pistachios, or dried fruits.<ref name="passoverrecipe"/><ref name=roden/>
The Mimouna holiday, brought to Israel by the Jewish communities of Maghreb, notably Jews in Morocco, is celebrated immediately after Passover. In the evening, a feast of fruit, confectionery, and pastries is set out for neighbors and visitors, and mofletta is one of the dishes traditionally served. <ref name=roden>Roden, Claudia, ''The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York'', New York, Knopf (1997) {{ISBN|0-394-53258-9}}, pg. 554</ref>
== History == According to Hélène Jawhara Piñer, the earliest known version of mofletta appears in the ''Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ'', a cookbook composed in Medieval Spain during the 12th or 13th centuries CE. This cookbook includes a sweet dish called ''murakkaba'', which involves cooking pancakes on one side only, stacking them into a small tower, and then drizzling the stack with melted butter and honey. This preparation method is unique within the cookbook and is not reflected in any other recipe.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Piñer |first=Hélène Jawhara |title=Jews, Food, and Spain: the oldest medieval Spanish cookbook and the Sephardic culinary heritage |date=2022 |publisher=Academic Studies Press |isbn=978-1-64469-919-5 |location=Boston |pages=64–65 |chapter=Part One: The Jews’ Place in the Construction}}</ref>
==See also== *Cuisine of the Mizrahi Jews *Israeli cuisine *{{portal-inline|Food}}
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==External links== *[http://www.ynet.co.il/ency/1,7340,L-23612,00.html Recipe for Mofletta] (Hebrew) * {{YouTube|id=pG90xU-ZI3Q|| title= "How to make Mofleta"}}
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