10 Traditional Hanukkah Foods You Must Try This Year

Hanukakah is a Jewish festival of lights, celebrated on the first day of the week-long celebration. The Jews commemorate and honor the victory of armed Jewish Rebels. The Jews have since their migration to America, in the early 19th century, been Americanized in their celebration of this Traditional Festival. With sumptuous delicacies and celebrating the lightening miracles in life, this festival is all about dedication and lights.

Popular and Traditional Hanukkah Foods among the Jews:

Some popular and traditional Hanukkah foods include the sufganiot (the Hanukkah Doughnuts), potato Latkes ( Pancakes made from potato), Mandelbrot (almond cookie, sliced as in a hard bread), and Rugelach (pastry with various fillings. The custom popular with Hanukkah is preparing hanukkah food recipes in Olive oil to commemorate the miracle of a small flask of oil, and thats when the pressing of oil concludes traditionally. Roast goose has been a traditional hannukah food popular among Eastern Europeans and American Jews as well. Some more popular Hanukkah Food recipes include with cheese, Gilt coins, briskets, soft pretzels, tongue and more with dairy

Some of the popular 10 traditional Hanukkah foods in the US:

Hanukkah is a customary celebration even at the White House, and the popular delicacies are celebrated and relished by one and all, across US. Some of these popular and easy Hanukkah Recipes are:

1- Sufganiot or the Tasty Hanukkah Doughnuts:

The most popular of all traditional Hanukkah deserts, Sufganiot is a jelly doughnut. This is a kind of deep fried doughnut just like our NOLA beignets from Cafe du Monde’. Just plump your favorite doughnuts with fruit jelly and and deep fry. Now sprinkle some frosty sugar crystals to garnish.

2- Potato Latkes or Pancakes made of potato:

A rather simplified version of the hash brown we just love, potato latkes are prepared with shredded potato mixed with eggs, diced onion and salt. Mezo meal or flour is used to bind all the ingredients and seasoned with herbs for that rich exotic flavors. Then deep fry in olive oil

3- Mandelbrot or double baked almond cookie:

Mandelbrot is the Yiddish for almond bread. A hard double baked almond cookie bread, looks more of our biscotti. It stays fresh for long and can be refrigerated too

4- Ruglelach or flaky cookies for your festival feast:

Croissant like cookies made with chocolaty stuffing, a special traditional hanukkah desert which is a sure preparation for your Hanukkah celebration with family. These are made with rolling a triangle pastry sheet stuffed with gooey chocolate, fruits and nuts.

5- Roast Goose:

Annual Goose dinners makes the most significant part of Hanukkah celebration in any Jewish Family. This sumptuous dish is prepared from a big and fat goose, roasted to perfection with amber colored sprinkles, crispy skinned, dark meat full of rich flavors and deliciously braised with red cabbage and potato crusts. All of this in wine infused goose gravy which is juicy and succulent to richness.

6- Red wine braised beef Briskets

Briskets are the muscular forequarters of the cow, slow cooked and melt in mouth texture. This is a time consuming preparation, which can be prepared a few days ahead and refrigerated, keeping the richness of flavors and softness of meat intact.

7- Gilt coins:

Traditional Hanukkah deserts are incomplete with this guilt inducing and yet satiating chocolate coin. These are the dark pound chocolate coating disks wrapped in gold. These are the perfect candy melts filled lavishly with cocoa

8- Hazelnut and chocolate meringue cake:

Layered and baked hazelnut and chocolate meringue and assembled with whipped cream is the right amount of indulgence you need to sum up your elaborate hanukkah meal.

9- Sweeet Noodle Kugel with dried cherries:

A traditional Jewish Hanukkah food, prepared from cottage cheese. This is baked to turn up into custard like filling. Garnished with crunchy and crispy topping of pecans and flake cereals. Throw some diced cherries, cranberries or even raisins and make it a complete delicacy

10- Pretzel Challah:

Pretzel Challah are the amazing savory appetizer for the grand Hanukkah dinner with family. Braided and sprinkled with salt to make up for a perfect grab, specially popular among the kids

Conclusion:

The above compilation on 10 Traditional Hanukkah Foods you must try this year is to share the different traditional delicacies of this wonderful festival of lights from Jewish culture.

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