The bonus for not having the recipe handy until now is that I was able to make it a healthy version. We don't do a lot of white potatoes anymore, but every now and then we do, and we don't feel bad about it. Especially when they are made in a healthy way.
What the heck are latkes? Basically they are potato pancakes, made from grated potatoes. I'm pretty sure they are of Jewish origin? Maybe someone can enlighten me in the comments...
Zucchini-Carrot-Potato Latkes
- 2 organic yellow potatoes
- 1/2 organic smedium zucchini (smedium = small/medium...compliments of my husband)
- 2 organic carrots
- 2 organic green onions
- 3 free range organic eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 c almond meal
- heaping tsp Himalayan salt
- several twists of freshly ground black pepper
- other seasonings of choice (I used 1 tsp organic parsley, 1/2 tsp organic turmeric)
- Bacon fat (from nitrite/nitrate free, uncured bacon)
- Shred zucchini, carrot and potatoes (after rinsing and cutting off the ends, no need to peel)
- Roll up the vegetable mixture in a kitchen towel and squeeze out as much juice as possible. It helps to twist the towel to make the ball tighter and tighter, but I still had to use my hands and squeeze in several different spots
- Put drained vegetable mixture into a large bowl and add the rest of the ingredients
- I mixed with my hands until it was all combined
- Heat bacon fat (a few tblsp) in large frying pan
- Form mixture into golf ball sized rounds with your hands and add to pan with slotted spoon
- Use spatula to flatten balls into pancakes. I was able to fit 4 pancakes in my pan.
- Cook about 3 minutes on one side then flip to cook another 2ish minutes. They should be a nice golden brown on each side.
- Transfer to a paper towel to drain
- Repeat with the remaining mixture
So back to the latkes....My husband wanted sour cream with them and said they tasted just like potato pancakes. We don't do much dairy anymore so we had them sans sour cream and they didn't seem lacking at all.
We ate them with our Turmeric Roasted Carrots and Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Apple recipes! Mmmmmm!
I will get a better picture. There's this thing that happens with real life...couldn't get many pictures because the house was hungry!
In true health,
Karrie
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