Latvian recipe
How to make Potato pancakes
kartupeļu pankūkas
All of Latvia
Crisp, golden pancakes of grated raw potato fried in oil, a favourite across northern and eastern Europe. In Latvia they are often served with smoked salmon and sour cream.
Ingredients
- 1 kg floury potatoes, peeled
- 1 onion
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons plain flour
- 1 teaspoon salt and a little black pepper
- Sunflower oil for frying
- Sour cream and smoked salmon to serve
Method
- Grate the potatoes and the onion finely. Put them in a clean tea towel and squeeze out as much liquid as you can.
- Mix the potato and onion with the eggs, flour, salt and pepper.
- Heat a thin layer of oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Put in large spoonfuls of the mixture and flatten them to about 1 cm.
- Fry for about 4 minutes on each side, until deep golden and cooked through. Take care with the hot oil.
- Drain on kitchen paper and serve hot with sour cream and slices of smoked salmon.
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Potato pancakes have a different name in almost every country of the region, from draniki in Belarus to bulviniai blynai in Lithuania.
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