Potato Pancakes - gluten-free Latkes for Chanukah or anytime!
These healthy potato pancakes taste delicious! I've replaced most of the potatoes with sweet potato, and drastically reduced the oil. Even my pickiest kids love these.
Course: main dish
Cuisine: Jewish
Servings: 1person -- makes 4-6 latkes
Author: Valerie Mates
Ingredients
Note: I usually quintuple this recipe.
1 1/2cupssweet potatoesgrated (use a food processor -- it is much faster and safer)
1/2cuppotatoesgrated (don't omit - their liquid makes the recipe work)
2eggs
1 1/2tablespoonspotato starch orif you're not gluten-free, regular flour
1/2teaspoonsalt
optional: a few leaves of greenschard, kale, etc., chopped finely in the food processor
1or 2 glugs of oilnot a very exact measurement -- a glug is about a tablespoon
Preheat one or more nonstick frying pans on the stove. Good pre-heating helps to prevent sticking. For a big batch, I use three frying pans at once. I preheat the empty pans on medium-low, then turn the heat up to Medium a couple of minutes before adding food.
Mix all ingredients (except toppings and side dishes!) in a big bowl. Stir very thoroughly, to make sure it's all well mixed, so that there aren't any lurking patches of salt or potato starch.
Use a dinnertable tablespoon to ball up a wet blob of the mixture, then drop it into the pan and pat it with the back of the spoon to gradually widen it and shape it into a pancake shape. At this point for the first batch turn the heat up to medium-high, then once the pancakes are really cooking, lower it to just above medium and leave it there. When the pancake is gorgeous and brown on the bottom, use a spatula to flip it, pat it down, and cook the other side. When the second side is cooked, remove the pancake to a serving plate.
Serve with bowls of toppings on the table. Eaters get 3-4 potato pancakes, and then put a spoonful of applesauce or sour cream or beannaise on top, spread it around and eat with a fork.
The cooking time varies depending on how big a batch you are making. When I quintuple the recipe, it can take maybe 90 minutes to cook everything.