Potato Pancake with Homemade Chunky Applesauce
- 1 recipe Homemade Chunky Applesauce
- 2 1/2 pounds Idaho potatoes
- 1 cup grated white onion (about 1 extra-large)
- 2 extra-large-eggs
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons table salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground White pepper
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- Sour cream
- The day before you plan to make the pancakes, prepare the applesauce and refrigerate.
- Grate the potatoes and onions together in a food processor using a medium grating disk (you will have about 6 cups), then transfer to a colander, lightly press out any excess liquid, and let the mixture drain in the sink or over a bowl for about 30 minutes.
- Spread the grated mixture out on a clean dish towel and roll up, jelly-roll style, squeezing out as much liquid as possible.
- Preheat the oven to 200F to keep the pancakes warm while cooking the rest.
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs until well beaten and frothy.
- Add the flour, baking powder, salt, pepper, and sugar and whisk until smooth.
- Stir in the potato-onion mixture just until distributed; do not overmix or your pancakes may be tough.
- Warm about 1/4 inch of oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- For each 4-inch cake, scoop out about 1/4 cup of batter, drop it into the skillet, and spread the batter out with the bottom of the ladle or with a pancake spatula or fork.
- Space the pancakes 1 inch apart in the skillet.
- Fry the cakes just until light golden brown (no darker!)
- on the first side, 3 to 4 minutes, then turn the cakes over and cook the other side for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Keep pressing them out with the spatula as they cook.
- The pancakes should be light golden brown and crispy on the outside, soft but cooked and done on the inside.
- Transfer the fried pancakes to a wire rack set on a baking sheet in the warm oven while cooking the rest of the cakes.
- Add a little more oil to the skillet as needed.
- Serve with cold applesauce and sour cream.
potatoes, grated white onion, eggs, allpurpose, baking powder, salt, ground white pepper, sugar, vegetable oil, sour cream
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/potato-pancake-with-homemade-chunky-applesauce (may not work)