Food Ingredients Vegetables Potatoes 9 Great Latke Recipes By Food & Wine Editors Food & Wine Editors This is collaborative content from Food & Wine's team of experts, including staff, recipe developers, chefs, and contributors. Many of our galleries curate recipes or guides from a variety of sources which we credit throughout the content and at each link. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on December 21, 2022 Trending Videos Photo: © Stephanie Meyer From classic crispy potato pancakes to inventive sweet potato latkes and a range of interesting toppings, here are delicious latkes recipes for Hanukkah and beyond. 01 of 09 Zucchini Latkes with Red Pepper Jelly and Smoked Trout © Keller & Keller "My mom used to make zucchini fritters on the Jewish holidays," says chef Rachel Klein. Klein's latke version is unexpected and delicious, especially with red pepper jelly and smoked trout. Get the Recipe 02 of 09 Kate's Supercrispy Potato Latkes © Hector Sanchez Former F&W editor Kate Heddings uses an unlikely piece of equipment to make her lacy, ultracrispy Hanukkah latkes: a Benriner turning vegetable slicer, which produces continuous thin curls of potato that fry up beautifully. Get the Recipe 03 of 09 Celery Root-Potato Pancakes with Green Apple Sour Cream © Tina Rupp Top golden, crisp plant-based pancakes with tart and fruity sour cream and a picture-perfect garnish to match. Get the Recipe 04 of 09 Scallops with Potato Pancakes and Caviar Sauce © John Kernick Chef Vinny Dotolo found inspiration for this elegant dish by thinking about New Year's Eve classics. Both Champagne and caviar flavor the butter sauce that he spoons over seared scallops set on mini potato pancakes. Get the Recipe 05 of 09 Killer Potato Latkes © Stephanie Meyer "Luckily for you, these are amazing," says chef Andrew Zimmern. "Every year at our house, we have a Hanukkah night when we invite the neighbors and stand around the kitchen shoving these hot, crispy little beauties into our mouths as fast as you can say 'dreidel, dreidel, dreidel.' Enjoy." Get the Recipe 06 of 09 Potato Pancakes with Smoked Salmon, Caviar, and Dill Cream © Maura McEvoy Although star chef Wolfgang Puck is best known for putting smoked salmon, caviar, and dill-flecked crème fraîche on his designer pizzas, he also loves this trio of toppings with his exceptionally crispy potato pancakes, a dish he makes frequently when cooking at home. The three garnishes are wonderfully decadent together. Get the Recipe 07 of 09 Sweet Potato Latkes with Wasabi and Wasabi Tobiko © Keller & Keller Chef Rachel Klein mixes sweet and spicy flavors in this whimsical recipe, stirring pungent wasabi paste into crème fraîche to top the slightly sweet latkes and garnishing them with wasabi tobiko (flying fish roe) and peppery radish sprouts. Get the Recipe 08 of 09 Latke Breakfast Hash Anna Stockwell Pastry chef Caroline Schiff, who loves to fry up latkes the way her great-grandmother did, uses a dash of pimentón, Spanish smoked paprika, to give extra depth to the dish. Get the Recipe 09 of 09 Best-Ever Potato Latkes © Christina Holmes Niki Russ Federman of Russ & Daughters makes the tastiest, crispiest latkes with scallions and onion. The shredded potatoes and onion are first drained and then mixed with reserved starchy paste, scallions, matzo meal, eggs, and more to form the batter. That batter is then fried in batches until golden latkes form. Get the Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit