Reddit reviews The Book of Schmaltz: Love Song to a Forgotten Fat
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According to the schmaltz cookbook I have (which I totally recommend if you're interested in a making schmaltz from scratch), it will keep a week in the fridge, but may pick up flavors from other things in the fridge. If I want to keep it longer, I put it in a quart ziplock bag and freeze it. It will keep for quite a while frozen.
You can fry or sauté anything in it - it's especially good with mushrooms and onions. We've used it to make a roux before making a sauce as well. You can bake with it (instead of butter) and you could fry latkes in it if you had enough.
I tried once, but I didnt do a very good job of it. I'm willing to give it another shot at some point. I followed the directions in this book but I think I was too impatient.
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Schmaltz is a staple of several region cuisines. It is generally just rendered and clarified/strained. You can buy tubs of it, but if you can make your own, why not?!
Michael Ruhlman has a book dedicated to it, and ask anybody who was raised with Jewish/kosher food in the kitchen, and they'll know what's up.
OP, save it just like bacon fat or tallow or duck fat. Use it when roasting veg or pan frying. Once rendered and the water removed and other bits strained out, it freezes well to keep on-hand for the future.