Bubbah's Latke Recipie

This is my bookcase , with its links from the past my grandmother aka Bubbah and my grandchildren the future.

One of my earliest childhood memories was of the smell of hot latkes bubbling away on the stove at my grandmothers, She didn't just make latkes for Hanukkah, but also to go with salt beef (corned beef in the US) My Grandmother had no food processor, everything was hand made freshly cooked and served to a delighted group of loving and hungry grandchildren. My job as the eldest grandchild was to peel & grate the potatoes.( by hand)

Here is her recipe to serve 4 hungry grandchildren

1 kilo potatoes , she preferred red skin,
2 large onions
1 large egg checked & beaten
25 grms / 1 oz/ 1-2 table spoons fine matzo meal.(you can use flour)
1 -2 Teaspoons salt.
Oil for frying. Vegetable oil

Peel the potatoes and put them in cold water for at least 10 minutes.
Peel and grate the onion , place in large bowl
Grate the potatoes, squeeze out excess liquid,Garndma used a meduim blade on a hand grater
Put the oil on to heat you need it at a medium heat
5 mix the grated potatoes & onion with the egg, salt and matzo meal mix well.
My grandmother would then drop heaped tablespoons of the mixture into the oil, she would lower the heat and my job would be to flatten down the latkes in the oil.
Fry the latkes 4-5 minutes each side.they need to be golden brown but the potato needs to be cooked inside.
Lift out the latkes onto kitchen paper to drain , then my grandmother would sprinkle a little salt on top and serve..

There were never any left !
This recipe has not been adjusted or made healthy as it is a tribute to my grandmother just in the tradition of Hanukkah and the memory of times gone by, to be handed down to the future generations with love

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