{"id":1070,"date":"2010-11-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suziethefoodie.com\/uncategorized\/potato-latkes-for-hanukkah\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T05:33:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T05:33:37","slug":"potato-latkes-for-hanukkah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suziethefoodie.com\/potato-latkes-for-hanukkah\/","title":{"rendered":"Potato Latkes for Hanukkah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Republishing this post again this year for those who want to know how to make a latka to celebrate Hanukkah this year! Seriously, these are delicious.<\/i><\/p>\n

One of my first food memories of my new neighbourhood in Toronto when I was just a little kid was getting to go over to one of my classmate’s house and have her mom patiently make potato latkes for all of us. I remember thinking it was unlike anything I had ever eaten and I loved that this food was important to a holiday I had never heard of before. It was obvious to me that this was a new food only to me and I really enjoyed being part of a new cultural experience through food. We hear so much about Christmas that I wanted to honour Hunukkah one more time in my kitchen before tackling my Yule baking!<\/p>\n

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OK, apparently I started the process incorrectly, LOL. I followed this recipe at Kosher Food at About.com<\/a> which says to place the potatoes and onions in a food processor fitting with a knife blade but most images of potato latkes<\/a> are clearly shredded. Doh! OK, I tried. Good news is they still rocked!<\/p>\n

I am not feeding a big family so I had to alter the recipe a little. I peeled 3 potatoes and kept them in cold water until they were ready to be chopped and processed. I drained them, chopped them roughly and put them in the processor with 1\/2 of a cooking onion and 1 shallot. I pulsed until smooth.<\/p>\n

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I drained the mixture very well. I beat in two eggs and added some salt and pepper.<\/p>\n

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Then I added enough flour to really turn this into a batter, around 1\/2 cup of flour.<\/p>\n

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The symbolism that is important at Hanukkah is the use of the oil: “Fried food is traditionally eaten on Hanukkah in commemoration of the oil that miraculously burned for eight days when the Maccabees purified and rededicated the holy Temple in Jerusalem.” ~ Giora Shimoni<\/p>\n

Normally I would never come close to deep frying food but I was generous with my cooking oil in order to honour Hanukkah. I used my medium-sized ice cream scoop to add the batter and with the back of my spatula I pushed down the centres to flatten them out so they would cook all the way through.<\/p>\n

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Shredded or not, these potato pancakes were delicious! I did add a little touch of my Latvian tradition by adding some dill to the accompanying sour cream. Debra<\/a> reminded me that these are traditionally served with applesauce. Yummy!<\/p>\n

This was so much fun to make and really helped me time travel back to my childhood. Food is miraculous.<\/p>\n

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Republishing this post again this year for those who want to know how to make a latka to celebrate Hanukkah this year! Seriously, these are delicious. One of my first food memories of my new neighbourhood in Toronto when I was just a little kid was getting to go over to one of my classmate’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[388,27,130,150],"tags":[1361,1359,1360,557],"yoast_head":"\nPotato Latkes for Hanukkah - Suzie the Foodie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shredded or not, these potato pancakes were delicious! 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