Pareve schmaltz

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Solid Vegetable Fat (500 g) or vegetable lard
1 pounds Onions (500g) sliced
1 pounds Carrots (3 cups/500g); washed; coarsly grated
1½ pint Peanut or Sesame oil (3 cups) (750ml)

Directions

Note: Vegetarian schmaltz is a good substitute. The product can easily be made at home. The following recipe came from South Africa.

METHOD;

Put all the ingredients in a deep pot. Heat gently and cook on low heat until the onion is golden. Strain and keep in refrigerator. Sometimes, grated apple (about 350g/12 oz.) is included.

from: In search of Plenty: A History of Jewish Food. (Kyle Cathie Ltd./) Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V97 #013, by alotzkar@... (Al) on Tue, 14 Jan 1997.

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