Method

Make batter

• Peel potatoes
• In a large mixing bowl filled with cold water
  • Grate potatoes and onion
  • Let sit in the cold water for 20 minutes
• In another mixing bowl
  • Add eggs, flour, salt, pepper, cayenne
  • Whisk until smooth
• Transfer potatoes to a colander lined with cheesecloth or a kitchen towel
• Squeeze out as much water as you can (only way to screw up is not drying them!)
• Mix egg mixture into dried potatoes
• Keep covered with plastic while you make pancakes

Cook latkes

• Add vegetable oil to a nonstick skillet on medium-high heat, enough to come up the sides of the pancake
• Spoon some batter in the pan and flatten it out to about ¹⁄₂″
• Cook about 5 mins per side (edges should be crispy)
• Lower heat when they start cooking too fast