Polish recipe
How to make Potato pancakes
placki ziemniaczane
All of Poland
Crisp pancakes of grated raw potato, onion, egg and a little flour, fried in oil. They are eaten with sour cream, apple sauce or sugar, or in the mountains with a spicy goulash poured on top.
Ingredients
- 1 kg floury potatoes, peeled
- 1 onion
- 1 egg
- 2 to 3 tablespoons plain flour
- Salt and pepper
- Sunflower oil for frying
- Sour cream or apple sauce to serve
Method
- Finely grate the potatoes and onion into a bowl. Tip into a sieve and press out as much liquid as you can.
- Mix in the egg, flour, salt and pepper to make a thick batter.
- Heat about 1 cm of oil in a frying pan. Drop in heaped tablespoons of batter and flatten them a little with the back of the spoon. Take care with hot oil.
- Fry for 3 to 4 minutes on each side until golden and crisp, then drain on kitchen paper.
- Serve hot with sour cream, or with apple sauce and a sprinkle of sugar.
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Poles eat them sweet, with sugar or apple sauce, or savoury, with sour cream, mushroom sauce or a spicy goulash.
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