Potatoe Latkes

Ingredients (makes 12 pancakes):

• 8 medium peeled potatoes
• 1 medium onion
• Lemon juice
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/8 cup melted butter
• Add salt and pepper (to taste)

Garnish:

• Crème Fraiche and / or Apple Sauce
• Olive or Peanut Oil (for frying)

Directions:

• Grate the potatoes and onions using a large-hole grater (this is where a food blender comes in VERY handy).
• To add a little “zing” and freshness, you can splash the grated potato with lemon juice and then squeeze out the excess water.
• Mix the flour, milk, egg, and baking powder then add to the grated potatoes.
• Add in the melted butter.
• Heat some oil (olive or peanut oil is good) in a skillet or deep frying pan and fry until golden on one side – then just flip and cook the same way on the other side.

Note:

For a "kosher" Passover, omit the baking powder and replace the flour with matzo meal (matzos ground into flour) – this will make a slightly more dense latke, but just as good.