Subject: Potato Pancakes
From: Jamie Marks <[email-masked]>
Date: 28 Apr 1999 05:08:23 -0600
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes

> From: Lee Smith <[email-masked]>
> Does anyone have a recipe for Potato Pancakes? Specifically German
> Potato Pancakes but I would be interested in anything.

These aren't German, but they're delicious!
   
  Title: Potato Latkes
 Categories: Side dish, Jewish
 Yield: 15 Pancakes
 
 2    Eggs, beaten
 3 cup  Grated, drained potatoes
      Sour salt (optional) add a
      Small amt. to the potatoes
      To prevent oxidation
    1/4 cup  Grated onion
 1 tsp  Salt
    1/4 tsp  Pepper
 3 Tbsp  Matzo meal
    1/2 cup  Schmaltz, margarine, or oil
      Sour cream
      Applesauce
 
  Combine all ingredients except fat in a bowl and mix well.  
  Heat half the fat in a frying pan and drop the potato mixture into it
  by the tablespoon.  Fry until browned on both sides, adding fat as
  needed. Keep pancakes hot until all are fried.  
  Serve with sour cream and applesauce on the side.
  
  NOTES:  From "The Art of Jewish Cooking"
  :       Potato Latkes are traditionally served at Chanukkah.

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