Dinner · 15 min · Amounts not specified
Latke sandwich
Yesterday's latke, bread, sour cream, a slice of apple. The leftover pancake is the meat. Don't microwave it soft — recrisp the latke first.
The sheet · 1 sandwich · 15 min
easyWhy tonight. Yesterday's latke, bread, sour cream, a slice of apple. The leftover pancake is the meat. Don't microwave it soft — recrisp the latke first.
What it needs
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- potato
- eggs
- bread
- sour cream
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: apple.
Method
- Re-crisp the latkes in a hot dry pan rather than a microwave, which turns them to damp cardboard.
- Sour cream on the bread as a barrier so the bread does not go through.
- Apple sliced thin and raw, which is the acid and the crunch against all that fried starch.
- Assemble at the last second and eat it standing up.
Technique coach
What the method is trying to make happen
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The technique underneath this
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- Eggs and custardEggs Part 2 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishOmelets and poaching, with the failure modes shown rather than described.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Bread and doughNO KNEAD Tartine Sourdough BreadBrian LagerstromA Tartine-style loaf from mixing to bake, with the timings a home oven actually needs.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardScrambled Egg Omelet - Food WishesFood WishesScramble against omelet on the same stove, which makes the heat-and-stirring tradeoff visible.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- potato
- Waxy holds its shape, floury falls apart, and almost every potato complaint is the wrong one for the job.
- eggs
- The cheapest way to turn a side dish into dinner.
- bread
- Structure, thickener, and the reason a lot of these dishes stretch.
- sour cream
- Acid and fat that cools heat and loosens a heavy dish.
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