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Hanukkah Recipe for Potato Latkes
January 10, 2020
Yoellah Yuhudah
Ingredients
- One pound of potatoes
- One small onion
- One large egg
- Kosher salt, cayenne pepper
- ½ cup olive, or fill skillet halfway
Accompaniments
- Sour cream
- Apple sauce
Prepare: Pre heat oven to 200º oil pan or use baking sheet
- Make large bowl of ice-cold water, fill halfway
- Grate potato, poke large holes in the side, immediately put in water
- Have colander with cheese cloth ready or paper towels
- Using a slotted spoon, take potato out of water and place in colander
- Syphon off water of potatoes using the cheese cloth or heavy paper towel
- In a medium bowl, place potatoes, onion, egg, seasoning
- Add starchy substance from potato, soaking carefully
- Mix well, place in slotted spoon or metal spatula, let drain
- After draining, slide potato mix into hot oil
- Flip once until golden brown
- Makes 6 to 8 pancakes
That’s my quick explanation on how to make latkes. There are many other recipes that add other ingredients depending on what part of the world your ancestors came from.