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SWEET POTATO LATKES

Skill Level: Beginner
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Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 each Sweet potato, jumbo, peeled and grated (2 cups of grated and strained sweet potato
  • 1 each Shallot, peeled and grated (about 2 oz. grated)
  • 1 T. Sweet potato starch, liquid - aka...yam milk
  • 1 T. Garlic, minced
  • 2 each Eggs
  • 1 1/2 T. Dried thyme
  • to taste Salt and pepper
  • 1/2 cup Matzo meal, plain
  • 3 T. Olive oil, separated
  • 1 cup Applesauce, separated
  • 1 cup Sour cream, separated

Method
 

  1. Peel one large sweet potato. Fine grate the sweet potato using a cheese grater. Place the grated potato into a medium bowl that is lined with a cheesecloth.
  2. Grate the shallot and place into the same bowl as the grated sweet potatoes. Take a wooden spoon and place over the vegetables then tie the cheesecloth around the wooden spoon. Squeeze the water out of the vegetables into a separate bowl.
  3. Discard the watery liquid from the squeezed juice and save the remaining thicker liquid (yam "milk").
  4. Combine the vegetables, starchy liquid, minced garlic, eggs, thyme, salt, pepper and matzo meal together, using your hands.
  5. Preheat your pan to medium or moderate heat. Add enough olive oil to coat your pan.
  6. Making 1-3 at a time, scoop or measure 1/4 cup of the potato mixture (make into thin patty) and add to the pan. Cook roughly 2-3 minutes per side.
  7. Garnish each latke with both 1 T. of applesauce and sour cream. Enjoy!

Notes

Servings: 8
Serving Size: 2 oz. + 1 T. of applesauce + 1 T. of sour cream
Nutrition Information: This latke uses less oil and contains more vitamin A and dietary fiber than traditional latkes. Gluten-free, nut free. Can easily be made dairy free by eliminating the sour cream topping.