I had never tried or even heard of Potato Latkes,Yiddish for fried potato pancakes, until I met my husband. However, through the years, I have tasted many variations or brands of Potato Latkes.
Some have been from scratch, others made from the box, or even from the frozen section of our local grocery stores.
We have a super tasty recipe that doesn't include potatoes, but instead - broccoli! And they taste exactly like potatoes! Who knew?!!
The best part is that each latke has merely over 1 net gram of carbs. We were pleasantly surprised.
Our preparation time for our pancakes are about 20 minutes and our actual cooking time is another 20 minutes.
Our grocery list for these scrumptious pancakes include:
- 3 Eggs
- 2 Broccoli Heads
- 2/3 Cup of Shredded Cheese
- 1/2 Onion Diced
- 1/2 Cup of Parmesan Cheese
- 1/2 tsp. Garlic Powder
- 1/2 tsp. Onion Powder
- 1 tsp. Black Pepper
Our first step is to separate our broccoli head into stalks and then to cut their stems, giving us florets.
Next, we'll fill our pot with about 8 cups of water.
We want enough water to completely cover the top of our florets.
We'll then bring our water to a boil on medium high heat.
Once our water starts boiling, we'll blanch our florets by placing them in the water, for 1 minute.
Blanching helps our broccoli to keep its vibrant color and nutrients, while maintaining its fresh flavor.
We'll continue by making an ice water bath for our broccoli by simply filling our mixing bowl with ice water.
Next, we'll drain our boiling water from our pot and will place the broccoli in the bath for an additional 1 minute.
An ice water bath stops the cooking process, so that we can easily chop the florets.
Once our broccoli cools, we'll remove our florets from our water and will place them on a few sheets of paper towels.
We'll then, pat them dry, to remove any remaining moisture.
Now, it's time to finely chop all of our florets.
Since we don't have a food processor, this step was the most time consuming for us and took approximately 10 minutes.
We'll then, place our chopped broccoli into our mixing bowl and will add our eggs.
Our recipe called for only 2 eggs. However, after mixing all of our ingredients together, we felt that our mixture needed an additional egg to bind our concoction together.
If our mixture isn't moist enough, our pancakes will not hold together on our cooking sheet.
Next, we'll finely chop our onion and will add to our broccoli.
We'll then, add our cheeses. seasonings, and will blend our ingredients together.
We want our mixture to set or to somewhat solidigy before scooping each latke onto our baking sheet.
Therefore, we'll place our broccoli into our fridge for about 15-20 minutes.
Next, we'll spray our baking pans with baking spray and will preheat our oven to 400F.
After spraying our pan with cooking spray, we'll line with a sheet of Parchment Paper.
We'll also spray the Parchment Paper with cooking spray, to ensure our latkes don't stick.
Now, it's time to scoop our latkes onto our baking sheets.
We like to use our tiny ice cream scooper to do this.
If you don't have a scooper, you can also spoon about 2 Tbsp. of the mixture onto your baking sheet.
Next, we'll spray the top of our latkes with cooking spray, so that they will evenly brown.
We will then place in our oven and bake for 10 minutes or until they are golden brown.
Next, we'll remove our pan from our oven.
After flipping each latke, we'll spray them with cooking spray and will place them back in our oven for an additional 10 minutes or until they are golden brown.
Voila!
Our Faux Potato Latkes are ready to be served!
My husband enjoys eating his latkes with a dollop of sour cream or a spoonful of applesauce on top of our pancakes.
Our Faux Potato Latkes can be enjoyed as an appetizer or side dish.
Either way...we hope you enjoy our broccoli latkes as much as us
From our kitchen to yours ~
Enjoy!!
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