Spinach and potatoes combine to transform humble latkes into a sublime side dish. These latkes are made with mashed potatoes, but you can use some shredded potatoes for extra texture.
Steakhouse Latkes
Servings
6 Servings
Ingredients
- 3 baking potatoes peeled and quartered
- 1 smashed and peeled clove garlic
- 1 10-ounce box frozen spinach, defrosted and squeezed dry
- ¼ cup snipped chives
- ¼ cup matzoh meal
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 eggs beaten
- Cooking spray
Instructions
- Boil potatoes and garlic in salted water for 15 minutes.
- Using a ricer, rice potatoes with the garlic into a mixing bowl. Add spinach, chives, matzoh meal, salt and nutmeg. Add beaten eggs to bind ingredients together.
- Shape 1/4 cup of mixture into latkes. Spray cooking spray into a nonstick sauté pan. Brown latkes on each side.
- Serve with sour cream for a dairy meal, if desired.
- Contributed by: Quick & Kosher
Asparagus recipes in Israel is just plain dreaming — almost not available and certainly not at a price one can afford!
I made a version of these yesterday, but I used grated potatoes rathter than cooked and mashed and they were amazing. I loved that we all our iron from the spinache in such a tasty way. The kids couldn’t get enough.