Lynda's Miracle Latkes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 spanish onion
• 5 lbs idaho potatoes, peeled
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon baking powder (5 ml)
• salt
• pepper
• canola oil, for frying

Recipe

• 1 peel and quarter onion. cut potatoes into chunks. place onion and potatoes in large bowl of ice water.
• 2 in batches, using steel blade in food processor, grate onion and potatoes until mixture is smooth, beginning with onion each time and adding potato, removing each batch to a mixing bowl.
• 3 in a separate bowl, beat eggs with baking powder and add to potato-and-onion mixture. add salt and with pepper to taste.
• 4 add oil to cover the bottom of a teflon frying pan to a depth of about 1/4 inch and heat over medium heat, until a drop of the potato mixture sizzles when dropped into the oil.
• 5 gently drop potato mixture by tablespoonful into pan and fry until golden.
• 6 flip and fry until other side is golden.
• 7 drain on paper towels, which can be spread on a teflon baking sheet or parchment paper if you are frying earlier in the day and serving latkes later.
• 8 leave unrefrigerated.
• 9 before serving, remove latkes from toweling, arrange on baking sheet so they're overlapping and re-heat at 375 degrees f for 10 minutes, until they are crisp.