For Jewish women Jewish cooking usually means also memories of love, dedication, an unspoken bond with their mothers and grandmothers. "You Made my Day" is a testimony of the love between a daughter and a mother, of the love given in the form of food and the love received that encouraged her to transmit that knowledge. Evelyn Gold's book is at the same time a book of memories and a book of great Jewish recipes. It is a wonderful book to read and a great book of reference. It is well organized in chapters, all of them spiced up with memories of a bond that will last her lifetime.
Let's enjoy one of her recipes:
Carrot Latkes
Ingredients:
3 fresh carrots
1/4 cup matzo meal
3 eggs
salt and pepper to taste
oil, enough to cover the frying pan
approx. 9" round frying pan
Directions:
Chop carrots. Mix eggs, matzo meal, salt and pepper together and add to the chopped carrots. Consistency should not be sticky or runny, but somewhere in between.
Fry latkes in hot oil. Use 1 tsp. of the mixture for frying in order to make bite sized latkes. Fry untill golden brown, turning latkes over only once. Total frying time is about 3-5 minutes. Place the latkes on a paper towel to remove excess oil and cool.
Note: Use the same amount of eggs as carrots (1 egg: 1 carrot).
Thank you, Evelyn!
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