Cheese Latkes: Passover Edition
Around Chanukkah time, I posted a recipe for cheese latkes that I hadn’t yet tried. I made a batch tonight using matsah meal and ricotta. I liked them a lot, but the batter was very thick even though I had beaten the egg whites, and that made it difficult to form neat pancakes. It also made the latkes a bit rich for my taste. (Actually, I felt like my heart was going to fall out of my chest, but that probably had something to do with the whole milk ricotta and the butter I used for frying.) If you’re thinking of using the recipe, I recommend skimping a bit on the flour or matsah meal and adding some milk to thin the batter. Also, if you care about your heart, you might want to use cooking spray instead of oil or butter.
I’ll try to report again the next time I make a batch.
Where did you find KforP ricotta????
Natural & Kosher makes KP Ricotta.
I found it at glstt mart in bklyn.
Thanks. I shopped there but never thought to look. Next year my matza lasagna will be even better!
DH got KP ricotta at the Butcherie in Brookline, MA.
Some oils are good for you heart, especially olive and canola (i.e., those with a high proportion of monounsaturated fatty acids). Peanut oil falls into the same category, though to a slightly lesser extent.
Of course, fat is fat, and all fats have nine calories per gram. CYLMA (Consult Your Local Medical Authority).
Some oils are good for you heart, especially olive and canola
Safflower oil isn’t bad for your heart, either (it’s mostly polyunsaturated fat), and it is available with a Passover hekhsher in the States. (So is olive, of course, but I wouldn’t use it in this recipe.) Canola and Safflower oil don’t contribute much flavor, however, so I think cooking spray is a better choice, because of the lower calorie content.
I have made them with cottage cheese. They were much lighter than I imagine ricotta would be.
This reminds me… I’ve been working on a cookbook of Latke recipes. When It’s near the point of editing, would you be willing to give it a look over, as a fellow kosher food lover, to make sure I didn’t accidentally cross any kosher lines?
pesach LARGE quanity pancake recipe anyone? something nice for breakfast?