Crispy Potato Pancake with Applesauce and Goat Cheese

Name: Crispy Potato Pancake with Applesauce and Goat Cheese
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Jewish
Ingredients: 118 milliliters fresh apple cider; 355 milliliters applesauce; 5 Tbsps freshly chopped chives; 2 Tbsps cider vinegar; 10 Tbsps clarified butter, melted; 170 grams goat cheese, cut into 12 thin slices; 118 milliliters heavy cream; 4 larges potatoes, peeled and grated; 2 shallots, peeled and finely diced; 1 Tbsp whole-grain mustard

Need a gluten free and vegetarian side dish? Crispy Potato Pancake with Applesauce and Goat Cheese could be an amazing recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains around 10g of protein, 39g of fat, and a total of 489 calories. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Hanukkah. This recipe is typical of Jewish cuisine. Head to the store and pick up cider vinegar, whole-grain mustard, heavy cream, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat a heavy skillet over medium heat. In a mixing bowl, toss the potatoes with half of the melted butter. Divide potato mixture into 18 equal portions, making a small mound with each.

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Potato

Butter

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Mixing Bowl

Frying Pan

Add the remaining melted butter to the skillet and heat. Carefully drop the mounds into the heated butter, and fry for about 5 minutes on each side, or until crispy. (Keep in mind that slow cooking is better than fast; hot rapid cooking may burn the potato cakes rather than crisp them).

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Butter

Mounds Bar

Potato

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Frying Pan

Remove potato cakes onto paper towels to drain.

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Potato

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Paper Towels

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

To make the sauce, heat cider vinegar and shallots in a saucepan over medium heat. Reduce the vinegar by 2/3; the finished reduction should be as thick as syrup.

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Apple Cider Vinegar

Syrup

Shallot

Vinegar

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Sauce Pan

Add the apple cider and reduce by half.

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Apple Cider

Add the cream, turn the heat down to low, and simmer for 15 minutes.

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Cream

While cream is simmering, assemble potato cakes as follows: In an ovenproof dish, make 6 stacks, each 3 cakes-high, by starting each stack with a potato cake, topping it with a slice of goat cheese, placing a dollop of applesauce on the cheese, and continuing to layer the cakes, cheese, and applesauce until all the stacks are completed. Then place the dish in the oven for about 8 minutes to reheat.

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Goat Cheese