Friday 27 March 2015

Potato Pancakes

Potato pancakes or Latkes, are one of my favourites. Breakfast, lunch or dinner. There are so many ways to add flavour and spice to these reliable carbohydrates. Super easy and delicious when served with sour cream. With Latkes anything goes.  

Potato Pancakes 
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6 medium large potatoes, washed and grated with the skins on
1 small onion, grated
a dash or two of Hy's seasoning salt (no MSG added) 
about 1 tablespoon flour in replace of Mazo Meal 
2 eggs, beaten


Notes: You may peel the potatoes if you like however I quite enjoy adding the skins, it's more rustic. Try adding curry powder or other seasonings like chili powder to add more spice. If halving the recipe, the amount of onion should remain the same.   


Place all the grated potato into a large mixing bowl.

Add the grated onion. Stir to combine.

Add the seasoning salt, or whatever spices you may like and flour. Stir to combine.

Then add the eggs. Give it another good stir to throughly combine the eggs.

Over medium high heat, place a small amount of vegetable oil in a fry pan. Swirl around to coat the bottom of the pan. Allow the oil to warm up. 

Then drop by spoonfuls in to the heated fry pan. Turn when brown on one side allowing the other side to brow. Just like you do when cooking breakfast pancakes. When both sides are nicely browned remove from frypan and place on a serving dish. Repeat until all the potato mixture has been used up and you have plenty potatoes pancakes to share. Serve with sour cream or salsa. 

Notes: I made about 25 - 30 latkes... depends on the size of the spoonfuls you drop into the frypan.  

Again, super easy that your kids can help with the prep work or to add some of their culinary flare to the mix. Although if cooking a parent/adult supervision is recommended.

Have a great weekend everyone! - JD    

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