In 2024, for the first time in 19 years, the first night of Hanukkah will fall on Christmas Day, meaning many families will combine both holidays into a “Christmas mukah” celebration.
For Culinary Edge’s Culinary Director Erika Holland Toll, that means combining the best of both worlds for holiday dinners.
Culinary Edge is described on its website as a culinary innovation institute based in San Francisco.
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“The holidays are always a wonderful time to gather around the table to share food and traditions,” Holland Toll told FOX News Digital. “A cross-cultural family like mine can spin the dreidel while eating latkes and applesauce while prime rib roasts in the oven.”
Holland-Tolle grew up in a pagan household and “always loved celebrating Hanukkah,” she said. She said this Hanukkah is the fourth time in her life that two holidays have coincided on the same day or Christmas Eve.
This year, the first night of Hanukkah falls on the same day as Christmas. (St. Petersburg)
“Now, my interfaith family has spanned several generations, and our food traditions have melded into the proverbial pot, merging my husband’s tradition with my own,” she said. .
“My favorite holiday food memory is holding my 3-year-old son’s hand and lighting the menorah in 2016, then cooking gourami latkes while eating my mother-in-law’s pepperoni toast and candlelight. Dreidel used her famous toffees as gelt on Christmas Eve while watching the candles burn out.
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Holland Tolle and her husband are both chefs. “So every holiday is a time to try something big and try something new, while always having a piece of the past with you.”
“Christmas Mukah” is the day when pagan families celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah. (Bodo Marks/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)
This year, Holland Tolle plans to make a traditional Italian dish on Christmas Day and serve it with latkes made by her grandmother.
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“But you can call it potato rosti if you like. It’ll be delicious either way,” says Holland Toll.
Recipe for “Best Latkes in Grammy History”
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5 pounds russet potatoes (washed)
1 large yellow onion
1 tablespoon Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt
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1 teaspoon ground black pepper
3 eggs
“Just enough” all-purpose flour (usually means about 1/4 cup)
Olive oil (for frying)
Erica Holland Toll’s grandmother developed this recipe for latkes, she told Fox News Digital. (Erica Holland Tolle)
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1. Grate the potatoes and onions on a grater.
2. Gently fold the eggs, salt, pepper, and flour into the potato and onion mixture.
3. Add olive oil to a frying pan and heat over medium heat. When shimmering, test the temperature of the oil with a small amount of the latke mixture.
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3. Once the oil is hot enough, fry 2 tablespoon sized chunks until crispy and golden brown.
4. Serve immediately with sour cream and applesauce.
This recipe belongs to Erica Holland-Toll and was shared with Fox News Digital.
