Potato pancakes , or latkes , the traditional Eastern European dish for Hannukah , are intensely personal . How to travail the Solanum tuberosum , how much to drain them , how much fossil oil to utilize ; how much , if any , “ makeweight ” to help them stick together . All of these thing are subject of debate , even with a relatively simple formula . I ’ll leave you to figure out the style you like .
allow ’s focus on what to servewiththe latke . Some family make a beef brisket , the go - to meal for any Jewish vacation but , in my family , we make the repast all about the latkes , so I fill it out with accompaniment . The first two here are the most traditional . A number of the others kind of spin off the ingredient of the hot cake or off of other elements of Jewish culinary art .
Applesauce : This is the usual accompaniment to potato pancakes , shake up or homemade . Combine the applesauce with dry apricots , cranberry or cherry . Cook briefly to relent the dry out fruit .
Horseradish Sauce : desegregate inclined red cole ( or peel and grate a refreshing root ) with turned ointment and hack dill . Or mix it with some tripe or else .
Roasted Beets : Wrap them individually in foil . After guy at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 mo or so , the skins will slip off . Served slice up .
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It ’s a little mussy , but the granny trick for latkes is to pile all the grated potatoes in a dishtowel , wind it up and squelch out the excess body of water . That makes the tater pancakes crispier . You still have to electrocute them tight though , or the grated Irish potato turn an unappetizing drear - gray .
Braised Leeks : Clean four to six leeks well , using only the white parts and splitting them in half . In an ovenproof sauté pan , lightly embrown them in 1 to 2 tablespoons of butter . Then add 1/3 loving cup stock , cover them with foil and cook at 350 degrees in the oven until very soft , about 15 hour .
Caramelized Onions : Slice up three to four medium onions . Let them cook slow in two to three tablespoon of butter . Wait patiently 30 to 40 mo until they are flaccid and browned , add a little water or white wine-colored so that they do n’t combust . Sprinkle with thyme and a tablespoonful of cognac .
A Winter Salad : Toss bitter greens such as endive , radicchio , prickly-seeded spinach , babe beet greens with sliced oranges or tangerines , sliced red onion and shredded Prunus dulcis .
Sauerkraut : Drain and rinse , if you wish . you may add sautéed onion , sliced apple , Carum carvi or Florence fennel seeded player and a splash of blank wine to it . Serve fond or way temperature .
Carrot Puree : Cook peeled carrots in chicken stock until very soft . Puree in a intellectual nourishment CPU with about 1 tablespoon of butter and about 1/2 teaspoon cumin for every six carrots . time of year with salt and pepper , add a bit of sugar too if the Daucus carota sativa are biting .
Sliced Smoked Salmon : you may also expend salmon to makegravlax .
chop Hard - Boiled ballock : admit peck of chop Petroselinum crispum and gambol .
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