Crispy Hanukkah Latkes: Jewish Potato Pancakes

Crispy, tender and at the same time incredibly bright taste! Latkes are a Jewish dish, potato pancakes that resemble potato pancakes. But they have their own subtleties of preparation, which I will tell you about. If you serve them with sour cream and caviar sauce, they will also look festive!
cook time: 1h
Ava Prescott
Crispy Hanukkah Latkes: Jewish Potato Pancakes

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

169
Calories
10g
Fat
18g
Carbs
3g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

For latkes:

Potato 1 kg
Sour cream 80 g
Wheat flour 80 g
Salt to taste

For the sauce:

Sour cream 75 g
Red caviar 25 g

For frying:

Vegetable oil 5 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make Jewish hash browns latkes? Prepare all the necessary ingredients according to the list, as well as equipment and a frying pan for frying them. Wash the root vegetables thoroughly with a brush and dry. Sift the wheat flour through a fine sieve.

Step 2

Step 2
Peel the potatoes with a vegetable peeler. Place the colander in a deep bowl. Grate the peeled potatoes on a medium grater, then place them in a colander and leave for 30 minutes to drain excess liquid from the potatoes.

Step 3

Step 3
Preheat the oven to 100°C. After half an hour, squeeze out the potatoes and let the juice flow directly into the bowl. Now drain the accumulated liquid from the bowl where the potatoes drained. There should be a white residue at the bottom of the container — this is potato starch. Leave it, it will come in handy.

Step 4

Step 4
Next, mix the grated potatoes, sifted wheat flour, potato starch and salt in a separate container.

Step 5

Step 5
Next, add sour cream to the potato mixture and mix all ingredients well.

Step 6

Step 6
Now proceed directly to frying the potato pancakes. To do this, pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and put it on the fire, heat it up. Then spoon the potato mixture into the pan using a tablespoon, forming pancakes. Cook them in small portions, frying them over high heat for 1.5 minutes on each side.

Step 7

Step 7
Place the fried latkes on a baking sheet, in a latke or in a baking dish. After all the pancakes are fried and placed on a baking sheet/pan, place them in an oven preheated to 100°C. Cook them for 7-10 minutes. Determine the exact baking time and temperature based on your oven.

Step 8

Step 8
Prepare sour cream sauce. To do this, mix only two ingredients in a container: sour cream and red caviar. In fact, these pancakes can be served with just sour cream, but with caviar the taste of the dish becomes brighter and richer.

Step 9

Step 9
Serve the finished potato latkes hot, simply place them on a dish and top with sour cream and caviar sauce. This is a traditional dish for Jewish Hanukkah, but they can be eaten on any other day)

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