Melissa Clark's Favorite Holiday Latkes and French Toast | NYT Cooking

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  • čas přidán 17. 12. 2019
  • Melissa Clark is a cookbook author, recipe developer and reporter for NYT Cooking. During the holidays, you can catch Melissa making potato latkes for Hanukkah and crème brûlée French toast for Christmas. Yes, the French toast does have a crackling brown sugar top. Get both of the recipes below.
    Classic Potato Latkes: nyti.ms/2ts0S8V
    Crème Brûlée French Toast: nyti.ms/2M9Yuu1
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Komentáře • 116

  • @richardmoy9357
    @richardmoy9357 Před 4 lety +68

    Melissa Clark is joy personified.

  • @amandac7270
    @amandac7270 Před 4 lety +72

    I love a Melissa Clark moment! A queen! Iconic!

  • @michelleyustira7640
    @michelleyustira7640 Před 4 lety +121

    When two people that came from different cultures and beliefs, yet mutually love hard and respect each other. Inspiration! Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas to your family! Xx

    • @u235u235u235
      @u235u235u235 Před 3 lety +1

      Hanukkah is a war victory celebration vs Greeks in 2nd century B.C. to get some temple back that the Jews eventually lost. It's really not important at all.
      Hanukkah presented as an important Jewish holiday (which it isn't) to be set alongside and celebrated with Christmas is almost insulting to Christianity. Hanukkah is virtually a meaningless holiday in the Jewish calendar and it's not even in the Torah. Christmas and more so Easter are the two biggest holidays on the Christian calendar and Rush Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the two most important Jewish holidays. When Yom Kippur and Rush Hashanah are happening you hardly hear anyone mentioning them, they are largely done without much media attention. Then why the need to force a meaningless Jewish holiday like Hanukkah into the public vernacular with general greetings when Christmas is going on? It's almost like Hanukkah is used to crowd out Christmas.
      Hanukkah was reimagined as a "religious" holiday so Jewish kids wouldn't feel left out when Christian kids were getting presents. It's not even a religious holiday.

    • @farihamahjabin9565
      @farihamahjabin9565 Před rokem

      @@u235u235u235 ok and Christmas is a "real religious" holiday? Jesus was not even born on Christmas. Christmas is based on a pagan holiday. Let people enjoy things

    • @u235u235u235
      @u235u235u235 Před rokem

      @@farihamahjabin9565 you missed the point. obviously both are fake and fantasy. I'm not arguing any of what you're saying.

  • @passion777able
    @passion777able Před 2 lety +1

    I'm Catholic and so was my husband. We never opened presents until AFTER we went to Mass. And we had to be on a fast to receive Holy COmmunion so eating came at the tail end of opening up presents. So I developed our own eating tradition. I prepared a bacon and cheese quiche on the day before Christmas and kept it in the fridge overnight. On Christmas Day as we began to unwrap presents I would stick the quiche in the oven and set the timer and it was usually done by the time we had opened our presents. Everyone helped to set the table and we all sat down to eat. There was a lot of joking around the table that first time I served it; REAL MEN don't eat quiche but it all ended after that first time I served it. The next year I had to make 2 pies because my husband and son LOVED IT. I miss that family tradition. Both kids are gone and they moved to a different state so now I only make quiche for myself and hold the happy memories in my heart.... But I make latkes for me during Hanukkah time too, after all, Jesus was also a Jew. I even have a menorah I loved.

  • @helendisenhaus1906
    @helendisenhaus1906 Před 2 lety +2

    Use a salad spinner to squeeze out moisture. It even makes it easy to get some potato starch. If you want I also use a fine shredding blade.

  • @Passionforfoodrecipes
    @Passionforfoodrecipes Před 4 lety +38

    I raise my glass to eggs milk and bread, we call that a French toast!

  • @HowToMakeDinner
    @HowToMakeDinner Před 4 lety +6

    This is a joyous video to watch on a cozy wine-sipping cheese-nibbling evening a few days before Christmas!

  • @bronzebeauty295
    @bronzebeauty295 Před 4 lety +33

    I’m definitely trying this French Toast recipe for this weekend!! 😋

  • @902will
    @902will Před 4 lety +6

    Lovely to see Melissa back on NYT. The french toast recipe was shared on this channel some years ago.

  • @louisondessus
    @louisondessus Před 4 lety +4

    i love her! need to see her more often

  • @TS-eo9uf
    @TS-eo9uf Před 4 lety +20

    These are so different from the latkes I was raised eating!

    • @davidc1502
      @davidc1502 Před 4 lety +2

      My mom was so lazy she threw chunks of potatoes, eggs, and stale bread slices in the blender blended the mixture and then fried they were gummy and greasy!

    • @passion777able
      @passion777able Před 2 lety +1

      Mine are also different. They are much bigger and they need to be eaten on a plate with knife and fork. We only use sour cream but if someone likes, they can add applesauce. The poor people could not afford the expensive novelty treats. Caviar? Maybe the smoked salmon is okay but older Jews could not afford that. So I keep mine less expensive but bigger but we do like ours crisp.

  • @jerrycratsenberg989
    @jerrycratsenberg989 Před 3 lety +1

    thanks for sharing a bit of your holiday spirit.

  • @cocopen3415
    @cocopen3415 Před 4 lety +2

    She is the best!!! I miss her recipe videos

  • @lihicohen2792
    @lihicohen2792 Před 4 lety

    Melissa thank you sooo much!! It came out great, a true joy!

  • @iloveyoufor10000years
    @iloveyoufor10000years Před 4 lety +2

    Thank u for teaching us all what convivial means

  • @rufusred44
    @rufusred44 Před 4 lety +58

    Am I the only person who rarely if ever goes to/receives invitations to holiday parties? This whole idea that the holidays are so hectic, family, friends, parties, events, who lives that kind of life? It's December 22 and I've not been to one party, I'm working Christmas Eve and I'm going to a friend's lunch Christmas Day. I do have casual plans for NYE and day.

    • @PDXTundra
      @PDXTundra Před 3 lety +4

      Maybe you’re not a likable person?

    • @rufusred44
      @rufusred44 Před 3 lety +12

      @@PDXTundra You're absolutely correct, if only I was as likable as you. God, please make me be as likable as PDXTundra? Please, God? I've never met a more likable person than PDXTundra and I aspire to be that man/woman, thanks.

    • @rufusred44
      @rufusred44 Před 3 lety +5

      @@PDXTundra Oh PDXTundra, that job I described 11 months ago I lost. Now I can work on my likable skills if I'm ever invited to a party with 10 or
      more people gathering, YAY!

    • @slidingcatch
      @slidingcatch Před 3 lety +4

      @@rufusred44 oh he real quiet now

    • @dianarosen3861
      @dianarosen3861 Před 2 lety

      Why not host a small party yourself? Give people the idea of how charming you are and how generous a host you can be. The NYX has a gazillion recipes to start you off!

  • @davidmerzig6196
    @davidmerzig6196 Před 4 lety +12

    I always enjoy Melissa’s presentations...that’s it.

  • @CookbooksonRepeat
    @CookbooksonRepeat Před 4 lety +12

    The latke bar was amazing!! I definitely want that! The french toast made my teeth ache just looking at it. I'm sure it's yummy but I just can't.. :)

  • @SupperUpper
    @SupperUpper Před 4 lety +1

    Especially with that personal family touch: Herrlich! Wunderbar! Happy Hanukkah and merry Christmas to the Clark family!

  • @dextersmithbsee
    @dextersmithbsee Před 4 lety +4

    This is beautiful, heart felt, intimate and special. Happy Hunakkah and Merry Cristmas to all!

  • @andrewkessler880
    @andrewkessler880 Před 4 lety +5

    This is the best french toast recipe around, and for Christmas morning I always make it using Pannetone

  • @Prazzie
    @Prazzie Před 4 lety +2

    That French toast looks amazing.

  • @rickmiletic1376
    @rickmiletic1376 Před 4 lety +1

    That French Toast is everything. Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year, Melissa. (And, yes, we want your Feast of the Seven Fishes video next year 💖)

  • @jokermtb
    @jokermtb Před 3 lety

    Thank you for putting the latkes in the fry pan with your hand! well done

  • @jamiepark888
    @jamiepark888 Před 4 lety

    Yes! Food is ❤️❤️❤️

  • @robertames6818
    @robertames6818 Před 3 lety

    Oh my...just tried the crème fraîche, smoked salmon, caviar, chives combo. Wow. My new favorite way to eat Latkes. TYMC!

  • @HouseofElls
    @HouseofElls Před 4 lety +1

    That was incredible, I can feel your love for cooking just from watching. I am the same way! If I LOVE you I cook for you

  • @phyllisedmondson8517
    @phyllisedmondson8517 Před 4 lety

    Can not wait to make this 🥰 Thank You

  • @babettecohn2125
    @babettecohn2125 Před 4 lety +11

    Thank you Melissa!! My husband was listening and got excited at the sound of the creme fraiche & lox on latkes - we will definitely make that one of our latke choices this year. Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all!!

  • @LaCelestia
    @LaCelestia Před 4 lety +2

    I'm in California. I love latkes topped w/ guacamole or hummus. My Jewish good friend is from Chicago. She eats latkes w/ powder sugar or maple syrup.

    • @dianarosen3861
      @dianarosen3861 Před 2 lety

      Salsa is fun, too! (I love it on gefilte fish!)

  • @deepindigoblue6
    @deepindigoblue6 Před 2 lety

    Beautiful

  • @jasminewhite6557
    @jasminewhite6557 Před 4 lety +2

    What a lovely lady

  • @LaBucci
    @LaBucci Před 4 lety

    Never had Latkes but I want to try them because what’s better than fried onion and potatoes 🥔☺️❤️

  • @spencermargolis3892
    @spencermargolis3892 Před 4 lety +5

    I love the feeling of lighting the candles and singing the songs all the while eating oil-drenched food.

  • @jerrycratsenberg989
    @jerrycratsenberg989 Před 4 lety

    Very nice! Well edited!

  • @alexanderescobar6891
    @alexanderescobar6891 Před 4 lety

    Excellent video!!

  • @jcortese3300
    @jcortese3300 Před 3 lety +1

    Honestly, my favorite latke is always the one closest to my mouth. Very simple.

  • @HeatherValentineMsFoodie

    OMG this is what hubby and I do!!!!! Except never have I added roe with my lox oxox

  • @cantocant2346
    @cantocant2346 Před 4 lety +78

    No need for the music to be so loud. Hearing her is enjoyable enough.

    • @WolvenRanger
      @WolvenRanger Před 3 lety

      These NYT videos are way too loud on the lowest volume setting, phone or tv.

  • @grandcru701
    @grandcru701 Před 4 lety

    ...omg. Yes.

  • @HowToMakeDinner
    @HowToMakeDinner Před 4 lety +1

    Whoa that brown sugar french toast thing! Doing this ASAP!

  • @michelepastele5347
    @michelepastele5347 Před 4 lety

    Melissa is wonderful! I've never 'baked' french toast, but I'll try it now.

  • @xoxobrialee
    @xoxobrialee Před 3 lety

    She reminds me of the little girl who says “frickin bats” hahaha I think it’s in her mouth! She is pure joy!

  • @joelbates6499
    @joelbates6499 Před 4 lety +1

    Melissa, adopt us please. My family and I will all take up minimal space and always be grateful helpers for the holidays. My wife and I would both love working with you :-P yum. My dentist will frown at me but we'd work for Challah French Toast...and Latkes (cue the harp glissando...).

  • @ITPCD
    @ITPCD Před 4 lety +1

    she is so funny! its great : )

  • @lookup7055
    @lookup7055 Před rokem

    I wonder if I can use the lettuce spin to dry the potatoes?

  • @davisstandfield7534
    @davisstandfield7534 Před 4 lety

    Love her energy omg

  • @josepha133
    @josepha133 Před 2 lety

    In Germany we call these "Kartoffelpuffer" 😄

  • @prentissem
    @prentissem Před 3 lety

    My first holiday on dialysis. I haven't had any potato product but I need some for Chaunkah! Would you grate the potato before soaking overnight? What type of potato would be best?

    • @dianarosen3861
      @dianarosen3861 Před 2 lety

      Russets are best and DON'T grate before you make them as the potatoes will discolor and look quite un-appetizing.

  • @krisdikeman3879
    @krisdikeman3879 Před 3 lety

    on the topping bar...are those pomegranate seeds?

  • @christinamock7264
    @christinamock7264 Před 4 lety +1

    ✨✨✨

  • @TheSimplydar
    @TheSimplydar Před 4 lety

    I just tried that recipe yesterday from the site.

  • @TomKing.
    @TomKing. Před 3 lety

    Onion goggles are the best!

  • @samberndt918
    @samberndt918 Před 4 lety +1

    Put the grated potatoes in a salad spinner to drain water

  • @renatices
    @renatices Před 3 lety

    Hohoho!
    Oy oy oy!

  • @raissaferreira1101
    @raissaferreira1101 Před 4 lety +11

    I'm just wondering if I'm too poor or the rest of the world is too rich. I live in Brazil where a can of caviar, of 125 g , is like 6 entire minimum wages. Imagine somebody working for six full months and just been able to buy one 125 g of one ingredient?

    • @enzopereslabourdette
      @enzopereslabourdette Před 4 lety +14

      She calls it caviar, but in reality it's sturgeon eggs (roe) which is a lot less expensive than caviar. Caviar is veeeeeeery expensive still for most people in Europe and the US. Not 6 months minimum wage, but still way too expensive to buy with all other costs of living for normal people.

    • @meenaxi1910
      @meenaxi1910 Před 4 lety +1

      It’s the same in India. Imported foods like caviar and some fancy cheeses are really expensive and can only be found in specialty stores

    • @larkdavis2926
      @larkdavis2926 Před 4 lety +7

      What's she's using looks like salmon roe. Here in Sweden, a jar costs about $10 USD for 100g. It's not cheap, but it's often used in small quantities for special occasions.

    • @larkdavis2926
      @larkdavis2926 Před 4 lety +4

      Enzo Pérès-Labourdette Sturgeon is the species that is the most expensive. She is using salmon roe, which is large and bright orange, and much cheaper. Caviar is the same as roe/eggs.

    • @SupperUpper
      @SupperUpper Před 4 lety +1

      Adeus doce eu are you also too poor for potatoes, onions, eggs, sweet bread and the like? You focus on the one expensive thing in the video?

  • @solitaruslupus7557
    @solitaruslupus7557 Před 4 lety +4

    Cough cough can’t wait for the challah and brioche recipe videos

  • @emirhidayat5152
    @emirhidayat5152 Před 4 lety

    i see scott! ahah

  • @ParisPact
    @ParisPact Před rokem

    I wish Melissa Clark loved me (and made me latkes)

  • @bellasmom3895
    @bellasmom3895 Před 4 lety +70

    One thing I don’t understand is how she’s so skinny.

  • @Zipfei_Kloatscher
    @Zipfei_Kloatscher Před 4 lety +2

    Kartoffelpuffer? Reibekuchen?

  • @kenheiman5838
    @kenheiman5838 Před rokem

    Is there a written version of this recipe that I can have? I'd like to give it a try--not sure about the exact amounts to use.

  • @eleo_b
    @eleo_b Před 4 lety +5

    Daughter looks exactly like dad it seems.

  • @gripitl6878
    @gripitl6878 Před 4 lety +7

    So basically it’s like hash brown.

  • @OratileKeppler
    @OratileKeppler Před 2 lety

    What's the difference between this and a hash brown?

  • @daniellebrown8497
    @daniellebrown8497 Před 4 lety +1

    How come the title is holiday latkes and not Hanukkah latkes?

  • @dirtt4030
    @dirtt4030 Před 3 lety

    That tray wouldn’t be fun to clean

  • @smutz131
    @smutz131 Před 4 lety

    those are some tiny latkes

  • @akayrk
    @akayrk Před 4 lety +2

    u know that’s salmon roe, not caviar, right...

  • @marcsmithsonian9773
    @marcsmithsonian9773 Před 2 lety

    Good idea ! Bland oily soaked pancakes broken with even more bland mayo just to add super bland salomon and to combine the spectrum of blandness a salomon roe.... Perfect! Try to make it after a week and let me knkw if you still think its "perfect"

  • @amalzuhair4495
    @amalzuhair4495 Před 4 lety +2

    So a latka is a Jewish pakora

    • @truepeacenik
      @truepeacenik Před 3 lety

      Sort of. I have made them with besan, as it fills the egg and flour roles. But it’s not a true floury fritter. In fact, I use onion, potatoes, the starch from the potatoes, and black pepper. Sometimes zucchini.

  • @sharonrose1002
    @sharonrose1002 Před 6 měsíci

    Pretty ridiculous that you have to pay for a subscription to get this recipe yet here it is on CZcams smh

  • @FREAKOUT123ism
    @FREAKOUT123ism Před 4 lety +1

    💞💞💞jeaus was jewish your video is good

  • @YoungShyne123
    @YoungShyne123 Před 3 lety

    She eats babies the way she put the slice of salmon on.

  • @CuteandBossy
    @CuteandBossy Před 4 lety +1

    wow! I watch the second video of the recipe where the Americans do not peel potatoes well. you left rotten spots on it ! : )

  • @rudeboymon3177
    @rudeboymon3177 Před 4 lety

    Whenever i see a Jewish/Christian couple, they both look Jewish. Its like they were hiding during the inquisition and forgot they were Jewish

  • @MillieMaa
    @MillieMaa Před 4 lety +3

    Oy no - latkes are the one area where I'm tradish (that is, having only what I grew up eating): so, sour cream and applesauce only!!! Mixing in other root veggies OK for the latkes, but PLEASE no other toppings and ban those disgusting Trader Joes latkes from your house!!

    • @MinaF99
      @MinaF99 Před 4 lety +18

      MrDixie12 shut up. Let people enjoy what they enjoy

    • @kimquinn7728
      @kimquinn7728 Před 4 lety +9

      MrDixie12....What a narrow minded, stingy and prunish comment to make....I don't even celebrate the holidays but food and diversity are what make the food/comfort go round. Grinchy.

    • @lisafield4154
      @lisafield4154 Před 4 lety +2

      Relax MrDixie

  • @Caroulinas
    @Caroulinas Před 4 lety +4

    Why is everything on here just exactly what bon appetit does but like a day or two later and with less personality?

    • @misskwannie
      @misskwannie Před 4 lety +3

      CarolinaYng because it’s latke season......

    • @jaderenhayes8514
      @jaderenhayes8514 Před 4 lety +6

      CarolinaYng There’s no melissa clark at bon app, and that’s enough for me. Love them both though

    • @nicholashilton2514
      @nicholashilton2514 Před 4 lety +12

      CarolinaYng Apples and Oranges, my friend. I truly appreciate them both for different reasons.

    • @mercurialpierrot7073
      @mercurialpierrot7073 Před 4 lety +1

      Because the NY Times has to clear everything with the government before they publish anything 😂🤣

    • @alanbennett1846
      @alanbennett1846 Před 4 lety +2

      Shut up, Scrooge.

  • @vangrindz8650
    @vangrindz8650 Před 4 lety

    I'm a big fan of you, Melissa Clark, but I gotta say that you really disappointed me with those onion goggles.

  • @akayrk
    @akayrk Před 4 lety +4

    u know that’s salmon roe, not caviar, right...