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- From: acarvin@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Andrew Carvin)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Latkes (potato pancakes)
- Date: 16 Nov 1994 16:01:35 -0500
- Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston IL
- Message-ID: <3adrvf$k5i@junior.wariat.org>
-
- Since Hanukkah falls only a few days after Thanksgiving this year, it's about
- time to start a string or two on some good Jewish recipes. I'll start off with
- my grandfather's Lithuanian Latke recipe
-
- Latkes (serves a lot)
-
- 12 large baking potatoes
- 1 large onion
- two eggs
- matza meal (or flour)
- salt and pepper
-
- Begin by grating the potatoes (peeled or unpeeled, they both turn out well)
- into a sieve. After every two potatoes or so, press down on the sieve to
- squeeze out as much starch as possible (homebrewers can set the starch aside
- to make vodka, but that's a different recipe).
-
- After all potatoes have been shredded and strained, incorporate two eggs into
- the mix (or 4 egg whites for the health conscious). Blend well with a wooden
- spoon, and then grate the large onion into the mix. Add one teaspoon of salt
- and pepper each.
-
- In order to get the right consistency, you need to add the matza meal or flour
- no more than a tablespoon at a time. There is no proper amount, for the right
- consistency will depend on how well you strained the potatoes. In general,
- though, the mix should be neither soupy or dry (ie you'll know it when you get
- it.)
-
- Heat up a skillet on medium heat and add enough oil to coat the bottom. With a
- large spoon, scoop up a rounded lump of mix and toss it on the skillet. Cook
- until nicely browned on both sides, and place on paper towels to drain the
- oil. Taste it to see how much salt and pepper you'd like to add, and continue
- to cook and sample individual latkes until satisfied. Then you can begin to
- make multiple batches. They'll keep in the fridge for ages, assuming they last
- that long.
-
- some interesting twists:
- more onion
- a dash of corn meal (not very Jewish, but damn tasty)
- cayenne pepper
- etc, etc, etc...
-
-
- enjoy!
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- ac
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