This is the Forward’s coverage of sufganiyot, fried jelly doughnuts traditionally eaten during Hanukkah.
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Recipes The Ultimate Hanukkah Recipe Guide For 8 Delicious Nights
Latkes and sufganiyot are the unrefuted stars of the Hanukkah culinary landscape, but they are by no means the only festive foods to make and eat during the holiday. For a night or two we might convince ourselves that we could live on all that golden-fried goodness, but at some point the need for protein,…
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Food How To Choose The Right Oils For Hanukkah Frying
You may think that Hanukkah food is all about latkes and doughnuts, but it’s actually about… fried. Fried food, that is — because of the small jug of oil that miraculously lasted for eight days instead of one. We celebrate the holiday by lighting candles (oil lamps in days gone by) and eating foods fried…
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Recipes 8 Expert Tips For Successful Holiday Frying
Here are some tips to keep in mind when deep-fat frying: 1) Use a deep pan to prevent oil spatter. A spatter guard that covers the top of the pan is helpful too. 2) Use the right oil for the job. See our guide here. 3) Be sure the fat has reached the right temperature…
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Community Gluten-Free Doughnuts For Hanukkah
Get out the dreidels and polish the menorah — Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is just around the corner! Jews today recount the inspiring story of Chanukah over candles, songs, prayers, and fun for eight days and nights every year. The centerpiece of the Chanukah table is fried food, commemorating the miracle oil that kept…
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Community It’s Official: Latkes Are The Best Hanukkah Treat — And Here Are 10 Ways To Make Them Even More Awesome.
You voted, and the results are in: latkes rule, and sufganiyot don’t quite make you drool. ??? What’s The Best Hanukkah Treat: Latkes or Sufganiyot? ??? — Laura E. Adkins (@Laura_E_Adkins) November 17, 2017 While you can always buy them, making your own is much more fun. But even if you opt to buy the…
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Community The Great Hanukkah Debate: Latkes vs. Sufganiyot
One is crispy, oily and savory. The other is fluffy, sweet and indulgent. Ideally, your Hanukkah will be filled with plenty of sticky Hanukkah doughnuts, known as sufganiyot, as well as platefuls of umami-filled latkes, the delicious potato pancakes that are ideally crunchy on the outside and pillow-soft on the inside. But if you had…
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Food How To Get Free Doughnuts (And More Friends) This Friday
Friday is National Donut Day, a fact that was dropped into my consciousness via an email from National Today, which keeps track of “quirky occasions on the cultural calendar,” according to its website. The email, while heralding a delightful day, was also a bit worrying. Apparently a “study” (actually a poll of 1,000 individuals who…
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Food The Search for Perfect Sufganiyot in Chicago
It’s about halfway through Hanukkah, and your initial excitement about latkes has worn off. But if your enthusiasm for arteriosclerosis has yet to be sated, there’s still a second stage to savor: the pleasures of sufganiyot. Unlike latkes, which are always better homemade, one of the greatest of these pleasures is that you can buy…
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