I’m no where near being Jewish but I love potatoes and that’s enough reason for me to make some Latkas. When you watch a Bon Appetit video with Carla Lalli Music and Miz Cracker and potatoes are involved, you get inspired. Watching these two make Latkas is just too fun and they both make this look simple and doable. The video links to a recipe but if you watch you realize it’s not exactly what they’re making so I used the online recipe as a guide for measurements and tried to stick to the video as much as possible.

This wasn’t terribly difficult to make though I won’t lie, I did manage to cut myself on my new grater while grating potatoes. It’s not the best and while I was going through the potatoes I knew it was going to happen. Minor injuries of the kitchen. While drying out the onions they totally got me and had me tearing up too. Concentrated onion water is real guys. Aside from these small hiccups, the latkes came together very easily and mine were a little wetter than Carla’s and Miz Cracker’s. I think I had too much egg and then tried to make up for it with a little more flour and my latkes ended up a little pancake-ier than I was hoping for. I love that potato-y flavor and texture and I wish I was a little more careful and thought about my adjustments with the egg and flour. Still very good in the end and I was pretty proud of myself with how I fried them. Maybe next time I’ll just make a hash?