- Hey hey hey, it's Chanukah time!
The reason that I'm standing here
in this ridiculous apron is that today
we're going to make the traditional Chanukah food,
which is called a latke.
You might call it a potato pancake,
but you'd just be wrong.
The recipe for latkes is so simple, so elegant.
It involves potato, onion, some sort of binder
like an egg or an egg substitute, and that's pretty much it.
Then we take oil, beautiful golden, emollient, radiant oil.
We heat it up real hot and then
we fry these potato onion balls of goodness in the oil.
Latkes are delicious, and they are especially delicious
when you top them with things like applesauce or sour cream.
But, but, but, but, but, but, but, but
let's not make the same old recipe
the Jews have been making for thousands of years.
The Jewish people are so amenable to change.
We're so flexible, we're so adaptable.
We can be as modern as the next group
of historically ancient people, I think.
Here's what we're gonna do today, we are going to
(drum roll resounds) modernize the latke.
(audience cheering) The first thing we need to do
in order to modernize the latke
is to make the basic latke recipe.
So let's get started.
For the purpose of our cooking today
I'm gonna use a product that is 130 years old.
No, not the box silly, the company.
This is Manischewitz Latke Mix.
This mix makes latkes which are fast and easy
and pretty much taste like the real deal.
They taste like they're just out of your bubbe's kitchen,
but with that modern flair that Jews today desire.
And speaking of modern, check out the new packaging
that Manischewitz is using.
It's so sleek, it makes me feel so fancy.
It's familiar, yet fresh.
It's comforting, yet sleek.
Everything you want in a latke mix and more.
OK, we're gonna make latkes.
The instructions are right here on the back of the box
and what is says is in a medium bowl
it says beat two eggs with a fork until well blended.
Here's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna use an egg replacer.
If you like to use eggs, more power to you.
I'm going to make an egg replacer
to the equivalent of two eggs.
(upbeat music)
(spoon tapping bowl)
I need six tablespoons of water.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
This is just how my egg replacer has me do it.
Why do I count out loud?
'Cause I'll forget if I don't.
Here's my medium bowl.
I'm gonna put my egg replacer in there.
The next thing we do is we add two and 1/4 cups cold water
and mix well.
If you have a large measuring cup, that's fine.
Technically things are more precise
when you do them in smaller amounts.
I learned that in chemistry lab.
There's two. (water pouring)
I'd be super happy to explain that if you'd like me to.
Basically the margin of error increases
with a larger measure, so always better
to use smaller if you can.
Everyone's like, I just got annoyed with Mayim.
She is annoying.
I'm mixing the water with what would be the egg.
I tend to be a messy cook, but that's fine.
Stir in contents of package.
So here's our little package.
Everything you need to make latkes is literally in here.
You put it in.
You can see it has little bits of onion,
but it tastes like the real deal.
We mix it, and what we wanna do,
it's gonna seem liquidy right now,
but you allow it to sit for about three to four minutes.
And yes, if you have a whisk you can also use a whisk.
And basically it starts to thicken.
So this is a great time to get your oil ready.
The oil needs to be really hot when you're making latkes
so I'm gonna start that right now.
I have heated these two heavy skillets.
It's not critically important to heat them before,
but I think it's a good idea.
You want things really, really hot when you're making latkes
then you add oil and I know you're like,
oh oil, it's so unhealthy.
Yeah, we just do it once a year.
We make latkes once a year, so just chill out.
Once you have a hot pan and you put in the oil
the oil gets hot pretty quickly.
You can test it if you want,
but it's starting to bubble which means it's very hot.
If it starts smoking, it's really time
to go ahead and put your latkes in and lower the heat.
Smoking, that's too hot.
This is our latke mix, which as you can see has solidified
as I told you it would and we're going to drop spoonfuls
of the latke mix into the oil.
(oil sizzling) That's the sound.
I'm gonna try and do some little ones
'cause the kids today like things small
like little, tiny latkes, oh, they're so cute.
Now we wait. (clock ticking)
This is me waiting.
Oh yeah.
(festive music)
For anyone who grew up in a home that made latkes
this is literally the sound
and smell of Chanukah right here.
It makes me a little emotional.
Once you flip them once you don't really wanna touch them
that much more, so you want to let them cook.
You can see that once you flip them
the insides start kinda oozing out.
You want that stuff to get cooked pretty well
so you give it a couple more minutes,
but this is not a long process.
You can use a little less oil than I used.
It really depends kinda on how you like 'em.
They're gonna be drained anyway.
I drain on paper bags.
So what you wanna do is we want to remove them from the oil.
And here are the paper bags that I have prepared
for them to drain on.
And if you're a person who really values cleanliness
and neatness in the kitchen, you might want to have someone
who doesn't help you make latkes 'cause it is definitely
a little bit messy, a little bit drippy cleaning up oil.
Takes a little bit of work when you're done.
This is smoking for some reason.
The fire alarm doesn't go off.
Now that we've made our traditional Manischewitz latkes,
let's modernize them.
When you think modern what do you think?
I think millennials.
We had a joke on The Big Bang Theory recently
that millennials love avodado toast.
Let's make an avocado toast latke.
An avocado toast latke is pretty simple.
The latke will serve as our toast
and we're gonna put mashed avocado, diced chives,
and some Himalayan salt on top.
We can't just use regular salt, that's so banal.
We are cutting an avocado.
Please do this safely.
Yes, there are many avocado injuries that occur.
That's the way I tend to do it.
And there's no true magic to getting the avocado out.
This is how I do it.
I'm choosing a pretty bowl just 'cause.
And squeeze all the avocado out.
And avocados like to be mashed.
If you have a mortar and pestle, take it out now. (laughs)
And some people like more of a mash-y avocado topping,
some people don't.
Now if you don't know what chives are, that's fine.
Chives are baby scallions.
If you don't know what scallions are, turn off this video.
I'm just kidding.
Scallions are green onions.
Chives are little baby scallions.
And it's nice to make them look cute and tiny
so that's what I'm gonna do.
There's no art or magic to this.
Please don't slice your fingers off
'cause my insurance policy isn't that good.
You're like, Mayim Bialik made me chop my finger off
while making chives.
All right, it's time to assemble our avocado toast latke.
We have our mashed avocado, diced chives.
Let's go get the latkes.
Ooh, don't wanna brag, but those look kinda nice.
You wanna pick your toastiest latke that you can find
to get that kind of avocado toast feel.
Here's one that feels pretty crunchy. (mimics knocking)
There are many ways to put avocado onto this.
If you have like piping material stuff
like 'cause you like to ice cakes and things
you can go ahead and put it in there.
I don't know that I think that that's necessary.
So I'm just gonna kinda do this.
A little bit of avocado.
Here are some chives just for a good time, pretty.
And here is the Himalayan salt, which is pink
and tastes a little bit different.
It's got a richer flavor than regular salt.
I know you're thinking, what are you people in LA smoking?
It does taste different, I promise.
A little Himalayan salt, and this is everything
but the bagel seasoning blend, which is basically everything
that goes on an everything bagel
Poppy seeds, sesame, onion, blah, blah, blah.
It gives it a nice little kick, just a little bonus
and looks really pretty.
There's some toasted sesame seeds on there, too.
And voila, this is modern latke number one,
the avocado toast latke.
Modern cuisine sure loves their Buffalo-style, don't they?
They put it on wings, they put it on cauliflower.
Let's put it on a latke.
First I'm gonna prep some celery.
Celery kind of cuts some of that spiciness
as does ranch dressing, which we'll get to in a second.
But what I'm doing is I'm taking
the teeny, tiniest piece of celery that I can find
'cause we're doing this on a mini latke
and I'm just gonna dice it tiny, make it super cute.
'Cause the millennials like things small, too.
And let's grab a latke.
You can make your own Buffalo sauce if you want
or you can use a packaged Buffalo sauce.
(upbeat country music)
In a squeezy bottle, which makes it easy to dispense
is ranch, this comes in vegan and regular forms.
And this you can really do however you want it.
And here we have a really cute Buffalo latke. (laughs)
I know what you're thinking.
Those two were good, but kind of on the simple side.
I am ready to do the most complicated
of the modern latkes.
The third latke I'm going to modernize is a beast literally.
I am going to do an animal-style latke.
In Yiddish we call it a vilde chaya latke.
That means wild beast. (roars playfully)
What's animal-style, you say?
Well I'm sure we'll get a lot of thoughts
in the comments below, but to me animal style means
Thousand Island, cheese sauce, and onions.
How do vegans have Thousand Island?
Well, you can buy vegan Thousand Island
or you can actually whip some up yourself.
And even if you don't have Thousand Island in the house
and you're not vegan, here's how you make
a modified Thousand Island.
Thousand Island is actually made of mayonnaise,
either vegan or regular, ketchup, and some diced pickles.
You put in some mayo.
A lot of this is really
about the color that you want it to be.
This is literally like my favorite thing in the world.
And, (laughs) so what we're gonna do,
we're gonna dice the pickles so that they're tiny.
Some people like it chunkier.
There have been many late nights in my life
where I was eating something
and didn't have any Thousand Island in the house
and this is what I was doing at midnight.
(knife tapping cutting board)
I don't think it's unhealthy.
You can go ahead and taste it if you want,
but basically if it's the color
that you think Thousand Island should be,
it's the right mixture of mayonnaise and ketchup.
(spoon tapping bowl)
All right, let's assemble this beast.
We're gonna take, let's use a larger latke for this one.
This is basically like a nacho-style cheese sauce.
This is vegan, but you don't have to use a vegan one.
I'm gonna a drizzle a little bit.
It's gooey, I'm just warning you.
Drizzle a little bit.
It's not gonna look attractive yet, but I'll get there.
That's the nacho cheese sauce.
Then a little bit of Thousand Island.
And I already prepped some sauteed onions.
(giggles mischievously)
Behold, the wild beast vilde chaya latke.
All right friends, whether you like 'em old school
or millennial-school, get educated
about the making of a latke with a company
hip enough to appeal to every generation of latke makers
for the past 130 years.
Thank you Manischewitz for this awesome,
modernizing of the latke experience.
And now it is time to taste the latkes.
Let's bring in Noi to taste the latkes.
Noi, the last man who still wears a hat backwards.
(laughing)
- I'm really hungry. - OK.
Well try the avocado.
You like avocado toast? - I love avocado toast.
- OK, go for it. - I had my eye
on avocado toast. - Go for it.
- OK, let's try.
- [Man] Wow!
- Is it fun? - Oh my God, it's so good.
- He's also an actor, but I think he really likes it anyway.
- No, this is my style. - It's good?
- It's so crunchy. - 'Cause you're a millennial.
- That's, oh my God, it's good.
- Good, OK. - It's good.
- Finish it up, gotta get to the next one.
- Can I finish it? - Yeah.
- Can I get Buffalo ranch. - OK, this is Buffalo ranch
with celery, it's gonna be a little spicy.
It's gonna have a little kick!
- Oh! - Spicy, oh.
- The spice came. - Do you need somethin'?
Well, that's what the ranch is for,
to kinda cut the spice.
- Can I have some of that grape juice?
- Yeah sure, here you go. - 'Cause, a little spicy.
- I know that you're nervous about the next one
because you might be turned off by the notion
of like vegan cheese. - Right.
- I think you might be surprised.
- OK. - And you know,
Thousand Island and grilled onion, that's a good time.
- Got it, yeah, - Be obese, do it.
(chewing)
I like it.
- It should feel like animal fries.
- Yeah, it's like heavy. - Yeah.
- This is heavy. - That's a meal.
- I wouldn't be able to finish the whole thing.
- Oh Jesus. - But it's delicious.
You go for it.
- OK, thanks for watching.
That is delicious, what is wrong?
It's so good! - It's so good.
- Oh my God!
- It's delicious.
I might go for the regular cheese.
That's just me. - There's something wrong
with you. - But it's delicious.
- Get out of here with your backwards hat.
He wears a backwards hat, what does he know?
This is delicious, l'chaim, happy Chanukah!
- [Noi] You will like get so fat.
(mumbles with food in mouth)
- This is delicious, Noi.
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How do you like your latke?
Have you ever heard of a latke?
You have now, thanks for watching, see you next time.
This is delicious.
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