Sweet potato latkes

Yield: 12 Servings

Ingredients:

3 c Sweet potatoes; grated
3/4 c Onion; grated
1 Egg; lightly beaten
4 tb Dry bread crumbs
1 ts Kosher salt
1/2 ts Ground black pepper
4 tb Butter

Instructions:

Place 1/2 cup of the grated sweet potatoes in the center of a double layer of paper towels. Fold the toweling in half lengthwise. and roll it making a tube around the potato. Fold the ends up on either side making a packet. Gently squeeze wringing as much moisture from the potato as possible. Carefully unfold and unroll the paper towels and turn the potato into a medium bowl. Repeat squeezing out 1/2 cup of the potatoes in fresh towals. Squeeze the onion dry using the same technique and add it to the sweet potato. To the potato and onion add the egg bread crumbs. salt and pepper. With a fork mix the ingredients thoroughly. In a large frying pan over medium-high heat melt 2 tablespoons of the buner. When the butter stops foaming with a fork press about 2 tablespoons of the potato mixture into a 3/4-inch pancake about 3/8-inch thick. Repeat filling the pan with latkes leaving 1 inch between each one. Fry until the latkes have browned on 1 side about 3 minutes. With a spatula carefully turn and brown latkes on the second side . Drain on paper toweling and serve immediately. Repeat adding butter to the pan as needed . Nutrrtional analysis per latke: 75 calories 4 grams fat 8 grams carbohydrates 30 milligrams cholesterol 205 milligrams sodium 48 percent of calories from fat. ** Fort Worth Star Telegram -- Food section -- 29 November 1995 **