California chef shares ‘best ever’ hash brown recipe to celebrate ‘Chismukkah’

In 2024, for the first time in 19 years, the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas, meaning many families will celebrate both holidays in a joint “Chrismukkah” celebration.

For Erica Holland-Toll, Culinary Edge’s culinary director, that means combining the best of both worlds when it comes to holiday dinners.

The Culinary Edge is a San Francisco-based culinary innovation agency, its website reads.

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“The holidays are always a wonderful time to come together and share food and traditions,” Holland-Toll told Fox News Digital. “A cross-cultural family like mine can spin the dreidel and enjoy hash browns and applesauce, Meanwhile bake the prime rib in the oven.”

Holland-Toole grew up in a mixed-faith family and “always loved Hanukkah” celebrations, she said. She said it was the fourth time in her life the two holidays had happened on the same day or Christmas Eve.

“Now that my faith-divided family has spanned generations, our food traditions have melted into the proverbial pot, uniting my husband’s heritage with mine,” she said.

“Favorite holiday food memory is holding our 3-year-old’s hand and lighting the menorah in 2016, then cooking my Grammy latkes and opening stockings by candlelight while eating my mother-in-law’s pepperoni toast, Then spin the top, using her famous toffee as a gel, while watching the candles burn down on Christmas Eve.

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Holland-Toll and her husband are both chefs — “so any holiday is a great time to go big and try new things while always keeping a piece of the past.”

“Chrismukkah” is a time when mixed faith families celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah. (Bodo Marquez/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

This year, Holland-Toll will be cooking up the Italian classic on Christmas Day and enjoying it alongside her grandmother’s latkes.

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“But you can call them potato rosti if you want. Either way, they’re delicious,” Holland-Toll said.

“Best Latkes Ever at the Grammys” Recipe

raw material

5 pounds russet potatoes, washed

1 large yellow onion

1 tablespoon Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt

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1 teaspoon black pepper

3 eggs

“Just enough” all-purpose flour (usually about 1/4 cup)

Olive oil, for frying

Erica Holland-Toll, whose grandmother developed the latkes recipe, told Fox News Digital. (Erica Holland-Toll)

route

1. Grate potatoes and onions using a box grater.

2. Gently mix eggs, salt, pepper and flour into potato and onion mixture.

3. Heat olive oil in a wok over medium heat. While flashing, test the oil temperature with a small amount of potato mixture.

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3. Once the oil is hot enough, fry the gnocchi, about two tablespoons in size, until crispy and golden brown.

4. Serve immediately with sour cream and applesauce.

This recipe is owned by Erica Holland-Toll and shared with Fox News Digital.