Latkes

[freakshownia]

Does anyone have an good recipe for gluten-free latkes? I've found a few so far, but I'd like to hear from someone who's made them. Or if you've made non-GF latkes and have a good recipe, would it be safe to assume that just making them with GF flour or cornstarch would do the trick? Or is there something I'd be missing

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[rosefox]

I haven't veganized my favorite latke recipe yet, so I don't know how to replace the egg that's used for binding (I'd welcome any advice), but it begins as follows:
Ingredients:

2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes or russet potatoes, peeled
1 medium yellow onion , peeled and cut into eighths
1 large egg
4 medium scallions , white and green parts, minced
3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley leaves
1 1/2 teaspoons table salt
Ground black pepper
1 cup vegetable oil for frying

Grate potatoes in food processor fitted with coarse shredding blade. Place half the potatoes in fine mesh sieve set over medium bowl and reserve. Fit food processor with steel blade, add onions, and pulse with remaining potatoes until all pieces measure roughly 1/8 inch and look coarsely chopped, 5 to 6 one-second pulses. Mix with reserved potato shreds in sieve and press against sieve to drain as much liquid as possible into bowl below. Let potato liquid stand until starch settles to bottom, about one minute. Pour off liquid, leaving starch in bowl. Beat egg, then potato mixture and remaining ingredients (except oil), into starch.
So no flour or matzo meal or anything; just the potatoes' own starch. If you have a vegan-but-not-GF recipe, you might be able to adapt this technique for it.

[freakshownia]

Do you know how many servings this makes? I wonder if just egg-replacer would work.

[rosefox]

Enough for two to four people, depending on how much they like latkes. IIRC we would get three six-latke batches out of it (with each latke measured out using a 1/4-cup measuring cup and then wrung out/squished flat by hand before going into the oil).

Egg replacer might work; I've never used it, so I have no idea. (I put applesauce in my baked goods.)