latke
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A latke (; sometimes romanized latka) is a type of potato pancake or fritter in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine that is traditionally prepared to celebrate Hanukkah.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Latke
- Food.image
- LatkeFry.JPG
- Food.image_size
- 250px
- Food.caption
- A latke frying
- Food.alternate_name
- Levivot, latka, potato pancake
- Food.region
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Food.type
- Fritter
- Food.served
- Hot, traditionally with sour cream or applesauce
- Food.main_ingredient
- Potatoes, onion, egg, matzo meal, kosher salt, cooking oil
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- potato pancake
- Image
- Ukrainian potato pancakes.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Draniki
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- facet of
- Hanukkah
- Commons category
- Latkes
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Variations
- Grated potato version
- Puréed potato version
- Other variations
- See also
- References
A latke (; sometimes romanized latka) is a type of potato pancake or fritter in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine that is traditionally prepared to celebrate Hanukkah.
It is commonly eaten by the Jewish diaspora where it is known as (romanized levivot, lit. "little hearts") and has many variations. The most basic form is composed of shredded potatoes and egg yolk, fried in oil.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “latke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.