Monday, March 12, 2012

Potato Pancakes

I always forget about this recipe! Whenever I do make Potato Pancakes, however, my family is very happy so I’m officially putting the recipe at the top of my pile of recipes.

Potato Pancakes

2 large eggs
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt or to taste
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground caraway seed (use whole seed if you can’t find ground)
1/4 cup grated onion
2 ½ cups grated potatoes

Combine and beat together the flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and caraway seed in a large bowl. Grate the onion and potato together as the juice from the lemon will help keep the potatoes from turning color. You don’t have to be precise with the onion and potatoes. Stir the potato/onion mixture into the egg/spice mixture.

In a preheated frying pan or griddle, add a bit of oil or butter and drop generous spoonfuls of the potato pancake mixture onto it. Cook until golden on one side, turn over and complete cooking.

Serve as a side to a meat dish or just with a dish of chunky applesauce. It is a very versatile recipe and goes with a lot of meals.

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