Latkes

Name: Latkes
Ingredients: Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons baking powder; Juice of 1 lemon; Butter for frying; 1½ lb (700 g) old potatoes; 1 medium onion, grated; 2 tablespoons flour; 1 egg, beaten

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

Latkes are potato pancakes and are integral to Jewish cooking. With the addition of onion, they accompany savoury dishes, or are eaten as a dessert, served with sugar, cinnamon, honey and perhaps cream. The addition of baking powder helps to make the latkes light.

Ingredients

1½ lb (700 g) old potatoes
1 medium onion, grated

Starter
Dinner
May
Vegetarian

Method

Peel the potatoes and soak in water for about 2 hours. Drain them well, grate and wring them through a clean cloth to dry well. At this stage you can put them through a food processor for a few moments but it is not necessary. Put with the onion, the flour, the lemon juice, the beaten egg, the seasoning and the baking powder, mixing together well.

Melt the butter in a pan and drop in sp