Potato Pancakes For Two Food

POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• Grate 5 of the potatoes on the largest holes of a box grater. Toss the potatoes with the vinegar and place in a mesh strainer. Place a couple plates on top of the potatoes and weigh the potatoes down to try and squeeze out the excess water. Let sit for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
• Cut the remaining 3 potatoes into 6 pieces each. Place them in a saucepan with the garlic. Cover the potatoes with water by about 1-inch. Season the water generously with salt. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and simmer until they are fork tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Strain and, while the potatoes are still hot, pass them through a food mill or mash with a potato masher.
• Combine the grated potatoes and the mashed potatoes. In a small dish, beat the 2 eggs and add to the potato mixture. Season with salt.
• Coat a large saute pan or cast iron pan with olive oil and bring to a medium high heat. Make a 3-inch patty with the potato mixture, cook it, and eat it to make sure that the potato mix is seasoned perfectly. Re-season if needed.
• Working in batches, make and cook all the pancakes, until they are brown and crispy and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Blot the pancakes on paper towels and sprinkle with salt. Hold on a sheet tray to keep warm in the oven until serving.

POTATO PANCAKES (LATKES)

Steps:

• Grate potatoes and onion into a bowl or pulse in food processor. Drain any excess liquid, then add the eggs, matzo meal, salt and pepper.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Spoon the mixture into hot oil forming small pancakes. Cook until underside is golden, about 2 to 3 minutes. Flip pancakes and cook until other side is golden and potatoes are cooked through, about 2 minutes more. Serve hot with sour cream or applesauce.

PANCAKES FOR ONE OR TWO

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine flour,baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• In another bowl, beat egg,milk and oil.
• Stir in dry ingredients just until blended.
• Pour batter by 1/3 cupfuls ( if making smaller, use 1/4 cupfuls ) onto a lightly greased hot griddle, or you can use a lightly greased frying pan.
• Turn when bubbles form on top of pancakes and edges are slightly dry.
• Cook until the other side is a golden brown.

CRISPY POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• Finely grate potatoes; drain any liquid. Place potatoes in a large bowl. Add egg, onion, flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder; mix well. , In a large skillet, heat 1/8 in. of oil over medium heat. Drop batter by 1/4 cupfuls; press lightly to flatten. Fry until golden brown on both sides. Serve immediately.

EASY POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir together potatoes, eggs, onion, flour, salt and pepper.
• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat. Drop large spoonfuls of the potato batter into the skillet and flatten cakes slightly with a spatula. Cook for about 4 minutes on each side, until golden brown. Serve immediately.

CLASSIC POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°F. Place 2 nonstick baking sheets in oven.
• Using box grater or food processor fitted with grating disc, coarsely grate onion and place in colander set in sink. Coarsely grate potatoes, add to colander, and set aside to drain.
• In large mixing bowl, lightly beat eggs, then whisk in flour.
• Press potatoes and onion to extract as much liquid as possible, then add to egg/flour mixture. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Using wooden spoon or hands, mix well, but do not overwork.
• In heavy-bottomed, 12-inch skillet over moderately high heat, heat 1 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon butter until hot but not smoking. Drop 4 scant 1/4-cup portions of potato mixture into pan and flatten with spatula to form four 3-inch pancakes.
• Fry until bottoms are golden-brown, 4 to 5 minutes, then turn over and fry until golden-brown and crisp, an additional 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain; season immediately with salt and pepper. Keep warm on baking sheets in oven while making remaining pancakes.
• Using paper towels, carefully wipe out pan. Add 1 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon butter and fry 4 more pancakes. Repeat with remaining batter, wiping out pan and adding 1 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon butter before each batch.
• Serve pancakes hot with applesauce and/or sour cream.

POTATO PANCAKES FOR TWO

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes, shred and rinse in cold water. Drain thoroughly; place in a bowl. Add egg, flour, salt and garlic salt; mix well. , In a skillet over medium heat, heat 1/4 in. of oil. Pour batter by 1/4 cupfuls into hot oil. Fry for 5-6 minutes on each side or until potatoes are tender and pancakes are golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• Grate the potatoes, put in a large bowl of ice water.
• In another bowl add eggs, finely-chopped onion, flour and salt.
• Pour the water off the potatoes and place on paper towels, squeezing excess water out.
• Add potatoes to the egg mixture.
• Heat the butter, and use a 1/4 cup of potato batter for each pancake, brown good on both sides. This takes some patience.

GERMAN POTATO PANCAKES (KARTOFFELPUFFER)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Wash, peel, and coarsely grate the potatoes.
• Place the grated potatoes in a clean dishcloth or cheesecloth and squeeze out as much of the liquid as you can into a bowl.
• Let the liquid stand a few minutes, then carefully spoon out and discard the top layer of liquid, leaving the potato starch at the bottom of the bowl.
• Add the potatoes back to the starch.
• Grate the onion over the potatoes.
• Add the salt, pepper, nutmeg, and egg. Mix thoroughly.
• Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet, preferably nonstick, until it begins to shimmer.
• Drop about 1/2 cup of potato mixture into the hot oil and flatten with the back of a spoon. Fry, undisturbed, 4 to 5 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
• Drain on paper towels, and serve hot with applesauce and sour cream, if you like. Garnish with parsley, if desired.

POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• Using box grater or food processor fitted with grating disc, coarsely grate potatoes. Transfer to colander, rinse with cold water, and allow to drain. Add onions and press mixture with paper towels to squeeze out remaining liquid.
• Transfer mixture to large bowl, add eggs, scallions, parsley, flour, salt, and pepper and stir gently to combine.
• In large nonstick skillet over moderate heat, heat 3 tablespoons oil until hot but not smoking. Drop 4 (1/3 cup) portions batter into pan and gently flatten each into 3-inch-diameter (3/4-inch-thick) disk. Fry, turning once, until well browned on both sides, about 8 minutes total. Transfer to paper towels to drain and keep warm in oven. Fry remaining pancakes in 2 batches, wiping pan clean and adding 3 tablespoons oil between each batch. Serve immediately.

POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• Use a food processor with a grating disk to grate the onions and potatoes together. (If you have more than one grating disk, use the one with the bigger openings.)
• Put the mixture into a colander set in a large bowl. Sprinkle with salt. Place a large bowl on top of the mixture to weigh it down.
• Let it drain for 30 minutes, then press out the excess liquid.
• In a large bowl, mix the egg, salt, pepper, matzah meal or flour, and baking powder.
• Add the potato and onion mixture and mix well.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Add canola oil to a depth of about 2 inches to a large skillet. Heat oil over medium-high heat (keep an eye on it so it doesn't start smoking).
• When the oil is hot, take a 2-inch ball of the potato mixture and shape it into a patty.
• Use a slotted spoon to set the patty into the oil, taking care not to splash. Leave enough room between patties so they brown evenly.
• When the patty edges turn brown, use tongs to flip them over.
• Drain the pancakes on a paper towel.
• Season with salt. Serve with apple sauce or sour cream on the side.

POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• Peel and cut potatoes. Boil in salted water and then drain and mash.Add hot milk. Mix well to obtain a smooth texture. Cool completely on ice or in refrigerator.Add flour, then eggs one at a time to obtain evenly consistent dough.Add salt and nutmeg to taste.Beat egg white until stiff peaks form and gently fold into other mixture. Cook approximately 3 minutes per side in a thick-bottom frying pan.