Bilitzer also said his family always made matzo ball soup during Hanukkah and brisket ... Courier Journal's extensive recipe archive that are often eaten during Jewish holidays.

Saprir’s brisket recipe is below ... It always yields a very tender brisket. Kosher beer, butter and onions makes for an easy yet complex sauce to serve with the brisket.

"It's recipes from my family and just really kind ... adding his own style to the food he makes from his grandma's Jewish brisket, to the popular Jewish snack knish, to smoking his own pastrami.

Fried food often features prominently due to the value of oil in the tale of Hanukkah, during which Jewish people managed ... some onion to form an excellent brisket sauce for topping the meat ...