Slightly Adapted Mamo's Potato Pancakes

Name: Slightly Adapted Mamo's Potato Pancakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Jewish
Ingredients: 18 servings Applesauce or other toppings, for serving; 18 servings Vegetable or canola oil, for frying; 1 large egg; 18 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour or matzo meal; 1 large onion, halved; 1 kilograms large or 6 small firm Yukon gold potatoes (about

Slightly Adapted Mamo's Potato Pancakes

Need a dairy free side dish? Slightly Adapted Mamo's Potato Pancakes could be an outstanding recipe to try. This recipe serves 18. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 2g of protein, 2g of fat, and a total of 107 calories. Hanukkah will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up applesauce, canolan oil, kosher salt and pepper, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is typical of Jewish cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 30 minutes.

Instructions

Peel the potatoes, immediately immersing them in very cold water as you finish each one.

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Potato

Water

Remove the potatoes from the water. Grate the potatoes and onion with a food processor fitted with the grating blade. Don't press too hard on the potatoes going in -- just enough to get them through.

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Potato

Onion

Water

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Food Processor

Transfer the potatoes and onion to a fine-mesh strainer; squeeze out all the water into a bowl.

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Potato

Onion

Water

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Sieve

Bowl

Let the potato starch settle, then pour out as much water as possible, leaving the starch in the bowl.

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Potato Starch

Starch

Water

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Bowl

Add the potato-onion mixture to the bowl and mix in the egg, flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste.

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Pepper

Potato

All Purpose Flour

Onion

Salt

Egg

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Bowl

Heat a well-seasoned cast-iron skillet with a thin layer of vegetable oil over medium heat. Scoop large spoonfuls of the potato mixture into the pan and flatten them out (thin pancakes yield crispy ones). Fry until golden on the bottom, then gently flip and fry the other side, 3 to 4 minutes per side.

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Vegetable Oil

Potato

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Drain on paper towels. (If you have to wait to serve, re-crisp them on a baking sheet lined with clean paper towels in a 350 degrees F oven.)

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Serve with applesauce, or try my family's favorite toppings: My great-grandmother put cinnamon in applesauce to serve with hers. My grandfather loved his with heaps of cold sour cream. My grandmother served them with poached pears. My mother tops them with tart, chunky homemade applesauce. My brother, Willie, loves his plain with sugar. My stepfather, Ronnie, loves his with ketchup -- but I wouldn't brag about that!

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Applesauce