Yukon Gold Potato Knishes With Osetra Caviar
- 1 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, scrubbed
- 1/2 medium onion, peeled
- Salt and fresh black pepper to taste
- 3/4 cup creme fraiche
- 12 spring roll wrappers, each about 6 inches square
- 1 large egg, beaten
- Canola oil for frying
- About 2 ounces osetra caviar
- Place potatoes in a large saucepan, and cover with cold water.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook at barest simmer until a skewer glides easily through potatoes, about 1 hour.
- Drain potatoes, cool slightly and peel.
- Run potatoes through a food mill and into a bowl.
- Grate onion on the large holes of a box grater directly into bowl with potatoes.
- Season with plenty of salt and some pepper.
- Stir in 1/2 cup creme fraiche.
- Cool to room temperature.
- (Potatoes can be covered and refrigerated for up to 1 day.)
- Set one wrapper on a work surface with one corner facing you.
- Spread scant 1/4 cup potatoes about 2 inches above bottom corner so that potatoes form 1-inch-wide strip that extends almost from one side of wrapper to the other.
- Fold bottom corner of wrapper over potatoes.
- Roll wrapper, folding in sides to enclose potatoes.
- When you get three-quarters of the way to the top, brush remaining edges with beaten egg and continue rolling to seal.
- Repeat with the rest of the wrappers and filling.
- (Knishes can be refrigerated, uncovered, for up to 1 day.)
- Heat 1 inch oil in a large, deep saucepan until very hot but not quite smoking, about 375 degrees.
- With tongs, add several knishes, and fry, turning once or twice, until golden brown all over, about 1 minute.
- Remove from oil, and drain on paper towels.
- Fry remaining knishes in batches.
- With serrated knife, trim a thin slice from either end of each knish.
- Cut each knish crosswise into three pieces.
- Arrange pieces, with one cut side up, on a platter.
- Top each piece with a dollop of remaining creme fraiche and a little caviar.
- Serve immediately.
potatoes, onion, salt, creme fraiche, spring roll wrappers, egg, canola oil
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7445 (may not work)