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SWEET POTATO LATKES




Source of Recipe


Mark


Recipe Introduction


Sweet potatoes are rich in beta-carotene, and you don’t need to squeeze out the moisture from them as you do with white potatoes, so you save a step.

Sweet potato latkes make a quick-and-easy supper (always a help during this busy season): all you have to do is add a salad and you’re set.

You can top them with chopped green onion and sour cream, or with applesauce, or leave them plain.




List of Ingredients




4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and grated
1 cup minced onion
Salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup or less matzo meal or unbleached white flour

4 tablespoons olive oil or butter

Chopped green onion, optional garnish
Sour cream, optional garnish
Applesauce, optional garnish



Recipe



1. In a large bowl, combine grated sweet potatoes, onion, salt, pepper, and eggs and stir well to combine. Add matzo meal or flour and mix again. (Only add enough to make a batter; mixture should not be too dry or stiff.)

2. Heat half the oil or butter over medium-high heat in a large, heavy-bottomed skillet. Drop large spoonfuls of the batter into the skillet, pressing gently with a spatula to flatten each latke. Do not crowd them. Fry for 4 to 5 minutes, until underside is brown, then flip and cook another 3 or 4 minutes more. Remove latkes to a warm plate, then repeat process with remaining oil and batter.

3. Serve immediately, with any of the optional garnishes.

Serves 4.