How to Prepare Tasty Salt Beef and Potato Latkes

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Salt Beef and Potato Latkes.

Salt Beef and Potato Latkes You can have Salt Beef and Potato Latkes using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Salt Beef and Potato Latkes

  1. Prepare of For the salt beef:.
  2. It's 1.5 of – 2 kg piece of salt beef brisket, not too lean.
  3. It's 6 cloves of garlic, unpeeled but cut in half.
  4. You need 2 of onions, peeled and halved.
  5. You need 2 of large carrots, peeled and halved.
  6. You need 1 teaspoon of pickling spice (remove all but one clove).
  7. You need of Enough cold water to cover.
  8. Prepare of For the potato latkes (makes about 20):.
  9. Prepare 1.5 kg of potatoes, peeled.
  10. It's 1 of large onion, peeled.
  11. You need 3 of eggs, beaten.
  12. It's 150 g of self-raising flour.
  13. Prepare 2 teaspoons of salt.
  14. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of ground white pepper.
  15. Prepare of Vegetable oil for frying.

Salt Beef and Potato Latkes instructions

  1. To make the salt beef: Place the brisket, onions, carrots, garlic and pickling spice in a large pan. Cover with water to a depth of 5cm..
  2. Bring to the boil, skim off any scum, then reduce the heat to a gentle simmer..
  3. Cover the pan and cook for 3 – 4 hours, until the meat is soft and tender..
  4. To make the latkes: Grate the potatoes and onions using a medium grater. Squeeze out any excess water and put into a mixing bowl with the beaten eggs and flour, and stir well to make a sloppy batter..
  5. Add the salt and white pepper. Don’t let the batter stand for too long or the potato will blacken..
  6. Heat 1cm of vegetable oil in a frying pan. When hot (but not smoking), fry a spoonful of batter until golden on each side. Taste to check the seasoning..
  7. Use two dessert spoons of the mix per latke, flattened to form 10cm discs in the pan. Fry 4 – 6 at a time. When the undersides are golden, turn them over..
  8. Continue to fry until they are brown and crispy..
  9. When the brisket is cooked, lift from the pan, slice and serve with the latkes, boiled cabbage, English mustard (made from the powder) and new green pickled cucumbers. Find a recipe for these at www.justnotkosher.com.