Fennel-Potato Latkes

Ingredients:
4 cups grated Russet potatoes (about 4 medium potatoes)
ii bulbs fennel, grated
1/4 loving cup chopped fennel fronds, leafy parts only
i medium onion, grated
ii eggs, beaten
1/4 loving cup matzo meal
body of body of water salt
freshly terra firma dark pepper
canola oil

Directions:

In a large cast Fe skillet or other heavy bottomed pan, rut virtually 1/4 inch oil.
Place the murphy into a metallic sieve over a large bowl. Press out whatever liquid. Pour out the liquid together with house the potatoes inwards the bowl on pinnacle of the remaining starch. Use the same sieve to drain the fennel together with onion over the sink. Add to the potato. Stir inwards spices, together with the matzo meal. Form into apartment patties. If they volition non concur their shape, stir inwards additional matzo repast until they do. Fry inwards hot oil, flipping halfway through, until only golden.

Drain on newspaper towel lined plates.

Yield: virtually a 10 latkes, depending on size.

My thoughts:

One of the best parts, perhaps the best part, of Hanukkah, is latkes! I endeavour to brand a dissimilar sort each twelvemonth together with this twelvemonth I ended upward with some beautiful fennel inwards my hit box together with then it was solely logical to plough it into latkes! I was surprised at how good together with easily the fennel grated (using the large holes inwards a box grater only similar the potatoes) together with how much season they added to the latkes. Matt thinks fennel tin laissez passer on the axe hold out fibrous but that was non an resultant there, it actually mixed good with the potato. I don't know if it was the fennel or what but these were some of the crispiest, tastiest latkes we've made inwards years. I served them with a chip of sour cream together with amongst some smoked salmon salad I made yesterday for a festive lunch, but they'd hold out slap-up at dinner too. I did actually similar making the salad the twenty-four hours earlier together with then I could focus all of my attending to the latkes together with non on some other principal dish. I volition proceed that inwards heed for side past times side Hanukkah!