These Spinach, Sweet Potato, and Goat Cheese Latkes combine two superfoods— spinach and sweet potatoes, into one totally delicious latke. It is a great way to re-purpose leftovers into a fresh dish that your family will love. In fact I invented it by combining leftover mashed potatoes with frozen spinach.
Spinach, Sweet Potato, and Goat Cheese Latkes
Servings
12 Servings
Ingredients
- 10 oz. package frozen spinach thawed and strained
- ½ cup mashed sweet potato from 1 large sweet potato
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 3 ounces goat cheese crumbled
- ¼ cup panko optional
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Mix spinach, mashed sweet potato, eggs, salt and pepper, and half of goat cheese until well combined. Mixture will stay together without the breadcrumbs, but some like latkes a little firmer, so add the panko if desired. Heat oil in frying pan and drop batter by small tablespoons. Cook about 3 minutes until browned, turn over and cook 2 more minutes. Remove to paper towels to drain excess oil.
- While frying latkes, heat the other half of the goat cheese for about 15 seconds in the microwave. Stir well, adding a little milk if needed to get to a sauce-like consistency.
- Serve latkes with goat cheese sauce.
Many thanks.
Olive oil is great you can also use avocado oil or grape seed oil.
Would you recommend olive oil for the frying? Would another type of oil be better?