Latkes Potato Pancakes

Potato Pancakes Recipe Latkes – Gingerbread Cottage

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Latkes Potato Pancakes Recipe

about 1 pound raw grated potatoes
1/2 raw grated onion
1 garlic clove crushed
1 egg
salt and pepper to taste
marjoram
chopped parsley
green onions chopped
stir together in a bowl
add enough Maza meal or regular flour to hold mixture together when frying
heat 1/2 inch oil in skillet
lay large spoonfuls of potato mixture in the hot oil.
gently fry on both sides
serve with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkling of chopped chives

Stay at the Gingerbread Cottage Bed and Breakfast in Downtown Victoria BC Canada and chef Vanessa Von Schellwitz will make these tasty treats for you with your breakfast omelette.

Recipe for Latkes Potato Pancakes
Recipe for Latkes Potato Pancakes

You can get Vanessa’s “Breakfast at the Cottage” cookbook when you visit us.

Your Hostess and Private Chef

Vanessa von Schellwitz
Owner Operator Gingerbread Cottage B&B

  • As a child, Vanessa was a real life “Heidi” living in the Eschen Villa on the clean, cold alpine Attersee Lake, in Seewalchen Austria, 50 KM East of Salzburg. 
  • Vanessa’s birthplace was located 50 meters from her Godmother’s famous Paulick Villa – the Summer Playground to Vienna’s Elite Art nouveau Community including Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Richard Teschner and Friedrich Paulick at the turn of the 19th century.
  • In fact, the aunt of Vanessa’s Godmother, Gertrude Floege, was the famous fashion designer Emelia Floege – life companion of Gustav Klimt who frequently painted at the Paulick Villa..
  • Also the last Countess Maria dei Medici, who lived adjacent to the Eschen Villa hand wrote a poem for Vanessa as a child… Not many People can say that!
  • Vanessa got her teaching Degree in Salzburg but her real love and talents were for cooking.. 
  • Coming to Vancouver Island via Culture City itself – Salzburg Austria – A true Austrian,Vanessa has pure Mozart flowing through her veins and a delicious piping hot Austrian ApfelStrudel in the Oven for her many guests!
  • Vanessa and her 70’s husband owned and operated the Austrian Chalet, an 80 room hotel with 3 Restaurants in Campbell River BC
  • Vanessa spent many years as Victoria BC’s busiest and most Versatile Culinary Instructor from her Veni. Vidi, Coxi Cooking School, and operating her busy “Vienna Catering” Business
  • Author of 8 Cookbooks, Vanessa also wrote a food Column, had her own TV cooking show and did food styling for other local authors.

Vanessa makes all her guests feel like Austrian Royalty in her c. 1905 Victorian “Arts and Crafts Heritage Home” with Cozy Themed rooms and Elegant 3 Course Breakfasts in her “Bavarian  Gasthaus” Style Breakfast Room

Please Feel Free to Contact us for booking information.
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Email: [email protected]


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