Green Onion Latkes

Title:
Green Onion Latkes

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Pancakes




Ingredients:





     2 lb Mealy potatoes, peeled and


          -coarsely grated


     6    To 10 green onions *


     2    Eggs, lightly beaten


     3 tb Matzo meal/flour, or


          -combination


          Salt and pepper


          Oil for frying






 * including tender green leaves, thinly sliced or coarsely chopped


 


 Bits of pungent green onion offset the richness of the potato.


 


 Rinse potatoes in cold water, then squeeze out excess liquid.


 


 Place potatoes in a mixing bowl with green onions, eggs, matzo meal, salt


 and pepper. Mix well.


 


 Heat about 1/8 to 1/4 inch oil in heavy frying pan, then drop spoonfuls of


 the batter into the hot oil. Fry several pancakes at a time, cooking until


 golden on the first side, then turning and cooking the other side. Serve


 immediately, accompanied by sour cream.


 


 Variation: Instead of green onions, add 1/2 to 2/3 cup chopped chives.


 


 PER SERVING (using a total of 2 tablespoons oil): 260 calories, 8 g


 protein, 37 g carbohydrate, 10 g fat (2 g saturated), 105 mg cholesterol,


      44 mg sodium, 1 g fiber.


 


 Marlena Spieler writing in the San Francisco Chronicle, 12/16/92.


 


 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini