Andrew Zimmern Cooks: Latkes

matzo meal

🥗Healthier: ground oats

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Ground oats provide a gluten-free option while all-purpose flour is more affordable.

fresh herbs

🥗Healthier: dried herbs

💰Cheaper: none

Dried herbs are a cost-effective alternative that still add flavor.

Roast, steam, or boil Yukon Gold potatoes until cooked.

Push the cooked Yukon Gold potatoes through a vegetable ricer.

Peel Idaho baking potatoes and soak them in cold water.

Grate the soaked Idaho baking potatoes using a box grater.

Tip away the brown oxidized water from the grated potatoes, leaving behind the white potato starch.

Combine half of the grated potato mixture with pureed onions in a food processor.

Mix the potato and onion mixture with the remaining grated potatoes, adding salt, matzo meal, and egg.

Test the latke mixture for stickiness; adjust cooking time based on moisture level.

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