I love potato pancakes. I can remember my grandmother making them only a few times when I was little. These are delicious.
Traditional toppings can be sour cream, applesauce, and many other things. Food.com has some suggestions. When I worked at a dinner theatre in Wisconsin, they would serve potato pancakes with their fish fry and melted Red Hots in their applesauce. It was fantastic.
POTATO PANCAKES
3 medium potatoes - peeled & halved
1 small onion, finely diced
3 eggs
2 T all purpose flour
1 T chopped parsley
1 tsp salt
dash pepper
Oil or butter for cooking
Grate potatoes. Place eggs in bowl. With flat beater, beat speed 2 for 1 minute. Add potatoes, onion, flour, salt, parsley, & pepper. Turn to stir speed and mix 30 sec. until well blended.
Heat small amount of oil in 12" skillet over medium heat. Use 3 T of mixture for each pancake and drop into hot oil. Fry until golden, about 4-5 minutes on each side. Serve immediately.
I did add a couple of things from the original, particularly that the onion should be finely diced. You don't have to have a mixer to make these. It will just take a little more time. I recommend using a whisk to beat the eggs and a rubber/silicon spatula for mixing.
This blog is documentation of my late grandmother's handwritten recipes, as well as recipes I've come across or made up. There are no photos or images as my grandmother's recipe book didn't have any, except for ones she clipped from magazines, for example.
These recipes are free for all to use. Please enjoy them by yourself, with friends, with family, feeding the hungry, or in whatever way you wish.
God bless you all.
