Pizza deep fried
Question
I have a hamotzi pizza which has been breaded and deep fried is the braacha now mezonot ?
Answer
Shalom!
Thank you for your question!
I understand that it was already baked (and edible) and then you deep-fried it. The Halacha is that once baked as bread it stays like bread, and one should recite Hamotzi.
This Halacha is when each piece is at least a kezayit (like the size of a small match box)
if it was broken up so each piece is less than a kezayit the halacha is as follows:
If it was fried in deep oil, then it is Mezonot.
if there was a little amount of oil just so it shouldn't stick to the pan, then the bracha is Hamotzi
in a middle case, that there was more oil but not deep fried, then one should eat it during a hamotzi meal since this is a safek Halacha as to what Bracha to recite.
If however, when it was a dough you deep-fried it, then the Bracha is Mezonot like the Bracha of a doughnut, however, if you are eating a Hamotzi meal it would be better to eat it during that meal.
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