Twice-Cooked Latkes with Shallot Cream

Who doesn’t love fried potatoes? 

This is my first time ever making latkes, but they were super easy, super delicious, and definitely worth the time. They’re especially easy if you have a food processor to grate up your potatoes and onion! 

This recipe is from a Food & Wine Annual Cookbook (2015 Edition). The latkes are cooked twice: once in the oven, then again in the fryer to make ’em all crispy. THEN, top with even more thinly-sliced fried onions. Serve with a super-simple, shallot sour cream sauce, and you have yourself the perfect little appetizer or side dish. 

Use the super-cool grating attachment on your food processor to make the ‘hardest’ part of shredding the potatoes and onion the EASIEST part!

So to tell you the truth, I didn’t have any chives on hand, so I served with snipped scallions.. shhhh. Or maybe they’re just SUPER chives. :)

Twice-Cooked Latkes with Shallot Cream

2015-12-31 09:53:12

Who doesn't love some fried potatoes every once in a while!?

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For the shallot sour cream

1/2 cup sour cream

1 Tablespoon minced shallot

Salt & freshly ground black pepper

For the Latkes

2 10-oz. baking potatoes, peeled & cut into wedges

1 small yellow onion, quartered

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1 large egg yolk

2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

2 1/2 Tablespoons cornstarch

Vegetable oil, for frying

1 large sweet onion, halved and thinly sliced

Snipped chives for garnish

For the shallot sour cream

1. In a small bowl, mix together the sour cream with the minced shallot. Season with salt and pepper, and place in fridge until time to serve.

For the latkes

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a food processor, shred potatoes and onion. Transfer to a strainer over a bowl and season with 1 tablespoon salt. Let stand for 5 minutes, then squeeze dry in a paper towel. Pour off the liquid in the bowl and add the potatoes and onion. Stir in the egg, egg yolk, butter and cornstarch.
2. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop 1/3 cup mounds of the potatoes onto the baking sheet and flatten them to 1/4-inch thick.Bake 15 minutes, until just set. Let cool, and set oven to 200 degrees F.
3. In a large saucepan, heat 1 1/2 inches of oil to 350 degrees F. Fry sweet onions until golden (about 4 minutes). Remove with a slotted spoon, and transfer to a paper-towel lined baking sheet to drain. Keep warm in the oven.
4. Reheat oil to 350 degrees F, and fry the latkes, turning a few times until brown and crisp (4-5 minutes). Transfer to serving dish and serve with sour cream and chives.

By Marc Forgione

Adapted from Food & Wine Annual Cookbook 2015

Adapted from Food & Wine Annual Cookbook 2015

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