Many families and communities have their own latke variations.
I like to make Potato and Cheese Latkes to celebrate the heroic story of Judith whose bravery and ingenuity saved the Jews. Judith served salty cheese and a lot of wine to the General Holofernes in order to get him drunk (Book of Judith 10:5).
To commemorate Judith, we serve a lot of cheese dishes during Hanukkah. This latke variety is just plain delicious and the horseradish sour cream is the perfect companion.
Makes 10-12 Latkes
Ingredients
LATKES:- 3 russet potatoes, peeled & grated
- 1/2 onion, peeled & grated
- 2 eggs (Vegan substitute: mix 2 tbsp ground flax meal with 6 tbsp water - let sit for 5 minutes and stir)
- 1/2 cup matzo meal or all purpose flour
- 1 cup grated cheddar cheese (Vegan substitute: 1 cup of your favorite vegan cheese or 1/2 cup nutritional yeast)
- 1 tsp salt
- pepper to taste
- apple sauce for garnish
- vegetable oil for frying
- 1 16-oz container sour cream
- 2 tbsp grated white horseradishVegan Sauce Alternatives: Vegan & Kosher Cashew Dipping Sauce or Tahini Sauce (feel free to add a little horseradish to either recipe)
Instructions
LATKES:- Peel potatoes and onion and process with grating blade in food processor or grate by hand with box grater. Set aside.
- In large mixing bowl, beat eggs and add grated potato, onion and rest of ingredients. Add more matzo meal or flour if mixture seems too wet.
- Form 3-4” patties with your hands and squeeze out excess moisture.
- Heat 2-3 tbsp of oil on medium heat in sauté pan.
- Place patties down carefully in hot oil and let cook for 3-4 minutes on one side until you can see a little brown peeking out from underneath.
- Carefully flip latkes away from your face and cook for another 3-4 minutes.
- Remove latkes from pan and place on paper towel lined plate to remove excess oil. Keep warm in oven on lowest setting until all latkes are cooked.
- Serve with apple sauce and horseradish sour cream. Or, try our Vegan alternatives: Vegan & Kosher Cashew Dipping Sauce or Tahini Sauce.
- Stir ingredients together and serve on top of latkes or on the side.
Your recipes sound awesome and I so would like it if I could print out a few of them.
Too, too much matzah meal! To 2-1/2 lbs. potatoes, add 1/4 to 1/3 c matzah meal!!
1/2 c matzah meal worked for me. Awesome recipe.
Very good
Just made them
Mmmmmmm
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Oy, this looks wonderful!
Instead of frying them can you put them in the oven. I heard somewhere that you can do this. Pls reply.
Thank you.
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Can you put them in the oven instead of frying.