Potato Latkes. This recipe is for a classic, unadorned latke; the kind your Bubbe used to make. More like a potato pancake, instead of a true latkes, but that's just my personal preference. Latkes (לאַטקע, sometimes spelled latka) are a type of potato pancake in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine that are traditionally prepared to celebrate Hanukkah. "Latkes are probably the most approachable and familiar Jewish holiday cooking," says Jacobs.
Latkes are pan-fried potato pancakes made from grated potatoes and onion, an egg, and a binder, such as matzo meal or breadcrumbs.
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You can Have Potato Latkes using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Potato Latkes
- What You needis 5 of Eggs.
- Lets Go Prepare 5 of Potatoes.
- Lets Go Prepare 1 of yellow onion.
- Lets Go Prepare of Pepper.
- What You needis of Salt.
- It's of Peeler.
- What You needis of Grater.
They're crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside. Serve hot with plenty of sour cream and applesauce! Celebrating Hanukkah would not be the same without latkes! These potato pancakes are fried in oil to symbolize the oil which burned for eight days leading to the phrase "Hanukkah".
Potato Latkes instructions
- (One egg per potato) Crack the eggs into a medium-sized bowl. Add in pepper and salt and whip with fork. Have it be saltier than desired as the potatoes will absorb some salt..
- Grate or pulverize the onion into the egg mixture. (Pictured is the grater I use.).
- Peel and grate the potatoes into the eggs - this helps prevent the potatoes from browning..
- Heat up a skillet or frying pan with olive oil or an oil of your choice. Scoop out some latkeh mixture and shape it more on the thin side for a crunchiness. Be careful with making it too thick\heavy. It will be harder to flip over and is more likely to crumble..
- Keep experimenting to get your desired texture :) We made it a bit too thick this time around- so it tasted like delicious potato kugel!.
Is a Hanukkah menu complete without latkes? Grate potatoes in long strips, using smooth strokes to run potatoes across grater into a large bowl of ice water. Potato Latkes or Draniki are made by mixing shredded potatoes with egg and flour, then frying on both sides until crispy. Serve them with sour cream or applesauce - your choice! Return drained potatoes to this mixture and toss to combine.