אשכנזי

Latkes

Name: Latkes
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: אשכנזי
Ingredients: 1 ק״ג Potatoes; 1 יח׳ Onion; 2 יח׳ Egg; 3 כף All-purpose wheat flour; 1 כפית Salt; Black pepper; 250 מ״ל Vegetable oil

לְבִיבוֹתממתין לבדיקת מומחים

Fried potato pancakes, a typical Hanukkah dish of Ashkenazi Jews. The oil recalls the miracle of the oil in the Temple.

מנות: 4 מנות
הכנה: 25 דק׳
בישול: 30 דק׳
רמת קושי: קל

כשרות · פרווה

חנוכה

התרגום לעברית בהכנה. מוצג הטקסט המקורי.

מצרכים

4

מנות

1 ק״ג Potatoes, floury (starchy) potatoes
1 יח׳ Onion
2 יח׳ Eggכשרות: Parve. In traditional practice eggs are cracked one at a time, and eggs with a blood spot are discarded.
3 כף All-purpose wheat flour, or matzah mealכשרות: On Passover, wheat flour (other than matzah) is chametz. Some sift flour before use because of insects.
1 כפית Salt
Black pepper – לפי הטעם
250 מ״ל Vegetable oil, for fryingכשרות: In traditional practice it is bought with kosher certification. On Passover, Ashkenazi practice excludes oils from kitniyot (e.g. soybean, corn); rapeseed (canola) oil is disputed, and Passover certification decides.

אופן ההכנה

שלב 1: Peel the potatoes and grate them coarsely; grate the onion finely.
שלב 2: Put the mixture in a clean kitchen towel and squeeze out as much liquid as possible; let the squeezed-out liquid stand for 5 minutes.
שלב 3: Carefully pour off the liquid and return the potato starch that has settled at the bottom to the potatoes.
שלב 4: Add the eggs, flour, salt and pepper and mix into a cohesive mixture.
שלב 5: Heat oil in a frying pan to a depth of about 5 mm (approx. 175 °C).
שלב 6: Spoon out pancakes 7–8 cm in diameter, press them down lightly and fry for 3–4 minutes on each side until golden.
שלב 7: Drain the finished latkes on paper towels and keep them warm in the oven at 100 °C while you fry the rest.

טיפים

The better you squeeze the potatoes, the crispier they will be.
Prepare the mixture just before frying, otherwise the potatoes will turn dark.

היסטוריה ומקורות

פרשנות

The custom of eating foods fried in oil on Hanukkah is linked to the Talmudic story of the single jar of pure oil that burned for eight days in the rededicated Temple.¹

היסטוריהאשכנזים⁂ לאימות

Potato latkes are relatively recent: potatoes became widespread in Eastern Europe only in the 18th–19th centuries. Older Hanukkah pancakes were made from flour or cheese.²

גרסאות אזוריות

נוהג מודרני

They are served either savory with sour cream or sweet with applesauce; vegetarian and modern versions add zucchini, carrot or sweet potato.

נוהג מודרניישראל

In Israel the word levivot לְבִיבוֹת refers to fried pancakes made from various ingredients in general.

Latkes

מצרכים

אופן ההכנה

היסטוריה ומקורות

גרסאות אזוריות

מתאים לצד

מקורות

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