Potato Latkes: (potato Pancakes)

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 4 medium potatoes (peeled)
• 1 shallots or 1 very small onion
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 tablespoons peanut oil (for frying)
• 4 tablespoons schmaltz, for frying (rendered chicken fat)
• 1 small egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/16 cup melted butter
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 grate potatoes and shallot on a large-hole grater.
• 2 splash with lemon juice and squeeze out excess water.
• 3 mix the flour, milk, egg, baking powder and nutmeg together.
• 4 add mixture to the potatoes and then add the melted butter.
• 5 heat some peanut oil with some schmaltz in a large skillet and spoon a few spoons of the mixture into the skillet.
• 6 fry until golden on the bottom side and then with a spatula, flip and cook the same way on the other side.
• 7 serve with watercress, caviar, applesauce, crã¨me fraiche or sour cream.