RECIPE:
Holiday Potato Latkes

Posted: February 1, 2005

9 medium potatoes (or equal amount of potato hash)
2 medium onions, minced
3 eggs, slightly beaten
3-4 tbsp. matzo meal
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. baking powder
Salad oil

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Wash, peel, and grate potatoes. Place in colander and let stand for 10 minutes, then press out remaining liquid.

Mix with onions (the onions may be lightly fried first) and eggs. Add matzo meal, salt, pepper, and baking powder. Mix well.

Heat about 1/4 inch of salad oil in a large skillet and add soup-spoonfuls of latke mixture. Fry until golden brown on both sides.

Keep in warm oven (180 degrees) until time to serve.

Can be made up to a week in advance and frozen. (If not frozen, the potatoes will turn brown.) Reheat in 400-degree oven for 10 minutes. Serve with applesauce, sour cream (or plain yogurt), jam, powdered sugar, or cinnamon.

Makes 6-8 servings.

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