Blessing on Corn Schnitzel
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Question
Hello, What blessing should one recite for eating corn schnitzel, where the majority is corn (54%), but the next ingredient is flour (possibly around 40% of the schnitzel)?
Answer
Hello,
It is important to check whether the flour is within the batter or in the breadcrumbs coating it.
The general rule is that if the flour is intended for taste, the blessing is Mezonot, even if it is a minority. However, if we know that the grain is meant to be secondary to another food, the blessing follows the primary food.
Contemporary poskim have determined that the coating of schnitzel [whether meat or parve] serves the schnitzel and is not considered primary. Therefore, even though the taste of the breadcrumbs is quite noticeable in the schnitzel, one does not recite the blessing of Mezonot on it.
However, if the flour is mixed within the schnitzel itself in a quantity that adds taste and not just for binding, the blessing is Mezonot.