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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/papanash-latkes/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/papanash-latkes/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "papanash-latkes",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/papanash-latkes/",
  "title": "Papanash Cheese Latkes",
  "summary": "Sweet cheese latkes in the style of papanash, which I fry for Hanukkah and serve hot on sour cream with cherry jam.",
  "categories": [
    "desserts"
  ],
  "holidays": [
    "hanukkah"
  ],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 20,
    "cook": 20,
    "rest": 60,
    "total": 100
  },
  "yield": {
    "amount": 13,
    "unit": "large latkes"
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Latkes",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 9,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "soft white cheese (gvina levana) or quark",
          "note": "a firm, low-fat style",
          "text": "9 oz soft white cheese (gvina levana) or quark"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1.25,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "self-rising flour",
          "text": "1¼ cups self-rising flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.25,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "all-purpose flour",
          "note": "for flouring your hands",
          "text": "¼ cup all-purpose flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "item": "large eggs",
          "text": "2 large eggs"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "package",
          "item": "vanilla sugar",
          "note": "1 packet (about 2 tsp)",
          "text": "1 package vanilla sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.25,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "sugar",
          "text": "¼ cup sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "good vanilla extract",
          "text": "1 tsp good vanilla extract"
        },
        {
          "item": "canola oil, for frying",
          "text": "canola oil, for frying"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "For serving",
      "items": [
        {
          "item": "sour cream",
          "text": "sour cream"
        },
        {
          "item": "cherry preserves (with pieces of fruit)",
          "text": "cherry preserves (with pieces of fruit)"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "steps": [
        "In a bowl, mix the cheese, eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar and vanilla extract.",
        "Sift the self-rising flour into a separate bowl and add it to the cheese mixture.",
        "Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for about 1 hour.",
        "Put the 1/4 cup flour in a small bowl, flour your hands, shape the mixture into latkes and set them on parchment paper.",
        "Pour about 1/2 inch (1 cm) of oil into a skillet and heat.",
        "Fry the latkes on both sides until golden and drain on a plate lined with paper towels.",
        "Set each hot latke on a spoonful of sour cream and drizzle a little cherry preserves on top."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [],
  "updated": "2026-10-16"
}