The starch also helps the latkes hold together. In this recipe, you'll save the paste-like starch that collects at the bottom of the bowl when wringing out the shredded potatoes, then incorporate ...

Yet a food especially essential to the holiday is a serving of latkes. These fried shredded potato pancakes even function as an ode to the celebration's origins. The Festival of Lights celebrates ...

In a colander set over a large bowl, toss the potatoes with the onion and squeeze ... Spoon 1/4-cup mounds of the latke batter into the ?skillet about 2 inches apart and flatten slightly with ...

Potatoes weren’t widely grown ... “So what’s a latke?” asks Appelbaum. Simple: “It’s a shredded Andean tuber, fried like a buckwheat pancake, which was substituted for Italian cheeses ...

1 cup peeled and shredded Idaho or russet potato (about 12 ounces, 1 large potato) • ¼ cup rye or whole wheat flour, or more as needed to hold the raw latkes together 1) Prepare a plate with ...