1. The oil smell permeates your entire life for like 3 days
2. It is so time consuming!
3. MESSY!
This year I was determined to take at least one of those things out of the equation.
I decided to roast my latkes!
I looked up a few recipes, but I love my own recipe so much I decided to just try things as I went tonight and see how it turned out.
Usually, that is a recipe for disaster, but it turned out SO WELL!
The smell is not as permanent or pervasive. SO much less messy, and since I don't have to stand over the oven turning just 4 at a time, MUCH less time consuming.
Here is the recipe... it makes 52 latkes:
5 lbs yellow potatoes
3 large yellow onions
5 eggs
1 cup flour
1 tbsp baking powder
salt & pepper
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 425 and using two pans (I use a glass casserole and a baking stone), pour oil onto the bottom so it fully coats it in a thick layer. In one pan I did avocado oil, in the other I did olive oil. I think I will stick to avocado, it's a little lighter-- but both work. Put the pans in the oven to preheat.
1. Shred all the potatoes in the food processor (you can peel or not, I ted to peel a bit of each but not the entire potato)
2. Transfer the shredded potatoes into a bowl of cold water
3. Finely chop the onions in the food processor (should look like applesauce)
4. Beat 5 eggs with a fork in a separate bowl
5. After about 10-30 minutes, drain out the potatoes in a colander. Press down firmly and rotate, press again, rotate. Add the onion-- keep on pressing and rotating, squeezing out the water. Add several paper towels on top and squeeze one more time. Toss the paper towel and dump the potato/onion mixture into a very big bowl.
6. Add the egg and flour, salt & pepper and mixx well using your hands.
7. Scoop the mixture onto the hot oiled pans, I use a rounded scoop shown below. After you've scooped them all, pat them down with the rounded side of the scoop.
8. Roast for 8 minutes, then flip the and roast another 8 minutes. They made need up to 10 minutes per side-- you decide.
9. Plate them on a platter with paper towels underneath and enjoy with applesauce!
