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Zip’s Potato Latkes
Zip’s Potato Latkes Recipe:
- 6 peeled cooking potatoes
- 1 medium sized yellow onion
- 1 clove of garlic, minced.
- olive oil (or user’s choice of vegetable oil) for cooking
- salt and pepper to taste
- one egg
The ingredients can be adjusted depending on the number of people to be served.
Preparing the Batter: Grate the potatoes in a bowl. When finished, squeeze and drain out as much of the liquid as possible with your hands or with a cheesecloth. Grate in the onion. Add garlic, egg, salt, and pepper and mix thoroughly.
Dropping Latkes: In the meantime, have a high-sided skillet on the stove with about one inch of oil heating in it. Bring oil to heat. (If smoking, it is too hot!) Using a large tablespoon, spoon the potato batter into the hot oil, patting it down to a two- or three-inch diameter circle with the back of the spoon. Cook on one side until golden, then turn with a spatula. When golden on the other side, remove and drain on cookie sheet lined with paper towels.
If preparing a large batch, keep Latkes on a cookie sheet in an oven heated to 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
Before serving, sprinkle with coarse salt. Serve with choices of sour cream, applesauce, and horseradish.