Smoked Salmon Latkes with Lemon & Caper Soured Cream

Smoked Salmon Latkes served with a Lemon & Caper Soured Cream | www.rachelphipps.com @rachelphipps

I was standing in front of the Smoked Salmon selection in the supermarket when I came up with this special brunch recipe idea that would be as perfect for New Years as it would be for Hanukkah: Smoked Salmon Latkes.

I had not had smoked salmon in ages, and even though I used to eat it all year round, it always screams the holidays to me as my mother and I usually treat ourselves to some special cured smoked salmon, rather than our usual plain version. However, before I put the packet in my basket, I wanted to do something special with it rather than eat it with bagels and cream cheese, or put it in scrambled eggs. This is when the cogs started turning in my mind and this special New Years Day Brunch dish was born: Smoked Salmon Latkes serves with a Lemon and Caper Soured Cream. (A rather decadent hangover breakfast!)

Smoked Salmon Latkes served with a Lemon & Caper Soured Cream | www.rachelphipps.com @rachelphipps

A Latke is a traditional Jewish potato pancake, which while in England is more the type of thing you’d find in a Kosher deli or restaurant, is almost as common place on brunch menus here in America as a Hash Brown, which I would call the closest English equivalent to the Latke. On New Years morning I’d serve a plateful of these with either mimosas (Bucks Fizz if we’re still translating this into British traditions) or Bloody Marys (I love Emily Schuman’s Bloody Mary bar if you’re catering for a crowd), virgin or not. The recipe below serves two (eight griddle cakes), so multiply the values by every two people you’re cooking for, and keep your oven on a low heat (use the warming oven if you’re cooking on an Aga) to keep the Latkes warm while you cook.

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Smoked Salmon Latkes with Lemon & Caper Soured Cream

  • Author: Rachel Phipps
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: Serves 1-2 1x
  • Category: Brunch
  • Cuisine: Jewish

Description

This luxury twist on a classic potato latke with smoked salmon is perfect for New Years Day brunch.


Ingredients

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For the Latkes:

  • 1 Small White Onion
  • 2 Small Garlic Cloves
  • 1 Large Baking Potato
  • Sea Salt
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 40g (1.4 oz) Plain Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 3 Slices Smoked Salmon
  • Extra Light Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil, for frying

For the Soured Cream:

  • 100g (4oz) Soured Cream
  • 1/2 tbsp Capers
  • 1/2 a Lemon
  • Dill or Chives 

Instructions

  1. First make the soured cream and store it in the fridge until you’re ready to serve. If there are just a couple of you, you can serve it with the Latkes, sprinkling a little extra dill or chives on top of each stack. In these photos, I have actually used finely chopped green tops of spring onions. There are so many ingredients missing from the supermarket at the moment, you can tell that it is around Christmas time! Chop the capers as small as you can get them and add to the cream. Do the same with about a tablespoon full of chopped dill or chives (which one you use is up to personal taste. Dill will give a more complex flavour and bring out the taste of the salmon more, the chives will be more oniony and pungent. Also, it is up to what is left in the supermarket by the time you get there!) Stir well, and squeeze in lemon juice to taste.  
  2. For the Latkes, finely chop the onions and garlic.
  3. Heat a little bit of oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat and gently fry the onions and the garlic until the onions have softened and are very slightly golden. Remove from the pan and set aside.
  4. Peel the potato and grate on the largest blade section of your grater. Set aside in a bowl and sprinkle with sea salt. This will help draw the excess moisture of of the potato. If you don’t know why this is, you clearly were not paying attention during science lessons at school, and if I can retain that much from a science class, anyone can.
  5. In a large bowl beat the eggs, then whisk in the flour, the baking powder and a pinch of salt. Stir in the onion and garlic mixture.
  6. Squeeze the excess liquid out of the grated potato in small handfuls over the sink, and add to the mixture.
  7. Slice the smoked salmon into small strips, about twice the size of the potato gratings, and stir into the mixture too.
  8. Heat about a tablespoon of oil in the saucepan over a medium to low heat.
  9. Spoon about a heaped tablespoon full of Latke mixture into the pan, flattening slightly into a fritter with the back of the spoon. Gently fry for a minute or two until the edges of the Latke become slightly golden brown. Flip, and brown the other side until the colouring is even on both sides. Remove from the pan and keep warm until you are ready to serve.

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