Happy Chanukah, TooFabbers! In honor of the Jewish festival of lights, which kicked off last night, "The Real Housewives of New York" star Jill Zarin has offered up her potato pancake recipe, in memory of her Grandma Helen.
Ingredients:
-matzah meal
-1 egg
-6 white potatoes
-1 teaspoon of salt
-vegetable oil (don't use any other kind of oil)
-1 onion, if desired
Directions:
1. Peel 6 white potatoes, cut them in half and boil them in water until soft. Put cooked potatoes in a bowl.
2. Add one egg, one grated onion if desired, and 1 tablespoon from the "dirty" water you boiled the potatoes in. ( you can use clean water too). Add salt. Mix together so it is lumpy.
3. Hand-make thick pancakes and roll them in matzah meal on both sides.
4. Heat up 1/2 inch of vegetable oil on medium. Fry the pancakes until crispy brown on both sides.
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