Apple Beet Latkes

Apple Beet Latkes. image: Essy Roz

Apple Beet Latkes. image: Essy Roz

I love decorating the table with latkes.
Especially with indulging and beautiful ones like my purple latkes.
Sweet latkes,
Sitting on the steam between salty latkes and sweet treats.
This is a plate that is eaten in two seconds,
It’s beautiful and full of color,
It’s bright and shiny.
The color of the beets is visible in the distance,
And that’s why everybody is mesmerized by it and its beauty.
It’s a plate full of balance,
The latkes have an indulging texture,
They are all abundant,
They require a minimum of work.

I love baking these latkes.
They’re amazing when served at room temperature,
And marvelous when they’re hot straight out of the oven.
They’re exciting and sweeping,
They have an insane texture and everybody will enjoy their bite.

A few minutes of mixing materials,
And the oven will continue to do the magic on itself.
Meanwhile you can drink some coffee,
Wash dishes and enjoy the wonderful scents that spread around the house.

Once the latkes are ready all we have to do is to take the pan out of the oven,
Move the latkes to a plate,
Enjoy one or two latkes,
And serve the rest to the table,
Where everybody will celebrate with them 🙂

Joyful days of holiday to us all,
Days full of joy and pampering and mesmerizing latkes 🙂

Apple Beet Latkes. image: Essy Roz

Apple Beet Latkes. image: Essy Roz

Apple Beet Latkes

Ingredients: suitable for between 15-20 latkes

• 2-3 grated carrots (2 cups of grated carrot)
• 2 green apples (About a cup) grated on the wide side of the grater (I recommend Smith apples)
• 1 large fresh beet / 2 medium grated beets (1½ cup of grated beet)
• ½ cup oat flour
• 2 eggs (For the vegan version, have a look at “A little extra From Me”)
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ cup non-dairy / regular milk
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C) on turbo mode, and line a standard baking pan with parchment paper.
2. Peel the apples and grate them on the wide side of the grater. Peel the carrots and beets and grate them as well, on the narrow /  wide side of the grater and put the grated vegetables in a relatively large bowl.
3. In another bowl put the rest of the ingredients, oat flour, eggs, baking powder, milk and cinnamon and mix well until forming a uniform mixture. At this point if you want to get sweeter latkes add two tablespoons of maple syrup.
4. Pour the mixture on top of the grated vegetables and mix well until forming a thick latkes mass.
5. Spray the parchment paper with olive oil, make equally sized latkes out of the latkes mass and place them on the parchment paper.
6. Spray the latkes with olive oil and place another parchment paper on top of them (Place the parchment paper without sealing it on the latkes)
7. Put in the oven and bake for 20 minutes, after 20 minutes remove the top parchment paper and put the pan back in the oven for another 5 minutes.
8. After 5 minutes, flip the latkes, lower the oven temperature to 355°F (180°C) and bake for another 15 minutes until they are browned and beautiful.

Take out of the oven, cool and eat together 🙂

Serving suggestion: alongside my perfect chia seeds berry jam that fits perfectly with these latkes (Click here to see the recipe).

A little extra from me:

• Can be kept in a sealed box in the fridge for up to 4 days. Can be heated in a panini press, oven or microwave 🙂
• Click here to see how to grind oat flour at home.
• These latkes can be served not only alongside my chia seeds berry jam, but also alongside my quick tofu cheese (Click here to see the recipe).
• Carrots can be substituted for potatoes / sweet potatoes / more beets / zucchini or courgette grated and squeezed well.
• Oat flour can be substituted for quinoa flour / almond flour / ⅓ cup spelt flour (contains gluten) 
• For the vegan version: eggs can be substituted for 4 tablespoons of applesauce and add 2 tablespoons of oat flour.

How to grind oatmeal at home 🙂

Peel the apples. image: Essy Roz

The apples are grated on the thick part of the grater. image: Essy Roz

The apples, carrots and beets are grated. image: Essy Roz

Ingredients of the mixture in a bowl before mixing. image: Essy Roz

Ingredients of the mixture in a bowl after mixing. image: Essy Roz

Transfer the mixture to the grated vegetable bowl. image: Essy Roz

Latkes pulp. image: Essy Roz

Spray the baking pan with olive oil. image: Essy Roz

Apple Beet Latkes before baking. image: Essy Roz

Cover the latkes with baking paper, without sealing, and place in the oven. image: Essy Roz

Apple Beet Latkes after baking. image: Essy Roz

Apple Beet Latkes after baking. image: Essy Roz

Apple Beet Latkes. image: Essy Roz