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Homemade Jewish-style schmaltz is made by cutting chicken or goose fat into small pieces and melting in a pan over low-to-moderate heat, generally with onions. After the majority of the fat has been extracted, the melted fat is strained through a cheesecloth into a storage container.
A staple of Ashkenazi Jewish cooking, schmaltz made from rendered chicken fat takes some time, but pays off by adding tons of flavor to dishes like chopped liver and matzo balls. You can buy chicken fat from some butchers, or save up scraps in your freezer until you have enough.
Schmaltz is rendered fat, usually chicken fat. But it can also be duck fat or goose fat. And schmaltz is a much beloved substance by many — it is revered in Eastern European Jewish cooking for its richness, flavor and that it is easy and cheap to make, using every part of the animal.
Gribenes or grieven (Yiddish: גריבענעס, [ˈɡrɪbənəs], "cracklings"; Hebrew: גלדי שומן) is a dish consisting of crisp chicken or goose skin cracklings with fried onions.
Schmaltz is Yiddish for rendered fat. Often made from goose or chicken, schmaltz was once an important part of Eastern-European Jewish cuisine.
Schmaltz, or rendered chicken fat, is used in many traditional Jewish dishes. It's added to latkes, stirred into chopped liver, and is a key by-product of making gribenes —salty, addictively...
Schmaltz is rendered poultry fat, in this case made from chicken, while gribenes are its crispy, crackling-like byproduct that comes from bits of chicken skin. The key to this recipe is to go low...
