Apr 30, 2023 · Schmaltz is a common term in the US, because it's the Yiddish word for kosher poultry fats. Rendered duck, goose, or chicken fat. As used for cooking, or as a spread. So US usage is basically the Yiddish. It usually means chicken fat, occasionally duck or goose.

Schmaltz comes form rendering fat and bones, in a pan or oven. Next time you make stock. Get all the bones and skin on a roasting rack in a pan. Roast the bones golden. All the fat that rendered off and is at the bottom of your pan, that's your schmaltz. You can now make beautiful stock with the bones. For traditional schmaltz.

Feb 13, 2015 · I make my own schmaltz, too! I would highly recommend Michael Ruhlman's "The Book of Schmaltz". Delicious recipe for the schmaltz itself, and an assortment of traditional Jewish recipes using it, as well as application to other classic non-Jewish dishes. And the best bonus: the cracklings make excellent "croutons" over a salad

Jan 24, 2022 · Potato recipes like this serious eats one I think also taste better with schmaltz. I've never used store bought schmaltz, and the store bought duck fat I've used was kind of bland. For duck confit I probably would reach for a neutral oil instead of schmaltz because I'd be concerned it would come out too chicken-y.

Jun 4, 2021 · OMG Chicken Schmaltz makes everything taste so much better! I always have a container of rendered chicken fat (schmaltz) in my freezer for when I get a hankering for chopped liver. This week I decided to saute mixed vegetables with it instead of using butter or oil and it was unbelievably delicious.

Schmaltz (also spelled schmalz or shmalz) is rendered (clarified) chicken or goose fat. It is an integral part of traditional Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine; where it has been used for centuries in a wide array of dishes such as chicken soup, latkes, matzah brei, chopped liver, matzah balls, and fried chicken, among others, either as a cooking fat ...

Aug 31, 2023 · In general when most people talk about his movies there's always that discussion of "Spielberg schmaltz" and this happy-go-lucky sense of childlike wonder behind his most popular films. And yes, while that is of course there, there's also so much that feels outright pessimistic about the world and the people that inhabit it.

Aug 2, 2020 · I've been making yeasted bread since I was 7 (with my grandparents and great grandparents) and they always added schmaltz to their breads/pastry breads. They said it was the "secret" ingredient. When older, started adding it to crusts (pie, quiche and tart) and the depth of flavor is great. Not for everything, but it works in many things.

Fried rice. A dollop of schmaltz in fried rice adds a lot of necessary body to the rice. I've always wanted to try smoking chicken fat to see if I could turn it into a quick smoke note ingredient. I figure that rendering out a 1/4"-1/2" of it into a baking pan and hot smoking it would infuse it with a lot of smoke aroma.

Jun 19, 2022 · “LEROY EARL SCHMALTZ (1935-2022) Please join us, the Schmaltz family in celebrating the extraordinary life of LeRoy Earl Schmaltz. Our dear friend and father, LeRoy passed away Friday, June 17th…surrounded by family. He had recently celebrated his 87th birthday and what would have been his 62nd wedding anniversary with his beloved Vivian.