German-Style Crisp Potato Pancakes

Cookgirl's Note:

Another of my favorite recipes from the Sunset International Cookbook. The original recipe called for peeled and chopped raw potatoes but I've never had good luck using raw potatoes for this recipe. Therefore my adaptation is to use leftover cooked (mashed) potatoes. Can be served as a main meal sidedish or for breakfast.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 3

• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 4 cups leftover mashed potatoes
• ¼ cup minced onion
• 1 teaspoon caraway seed , slightly crushed
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons unbleached flour
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon milk
• salt or pepper
• sour cream , if desired for topping
• 4 -6 tablespoons butter (for frying)

Directions:

1. In a large bowl combine the mashed potatoes with the lemon juice and stir well.
2. In a dry bowl, combine the onion, caraway seeds, fresh parsley, flour, egg and milk.
3. Stir in potatoes. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper.
4. Over medium heat, melt 2 to 3 tablespoons of butter in a wide frying pan.
5. When butter starts to foam add about 2 tablespoons of the potato mixture, spreading into a 4 inch pancake. Repeat to make 2 or 3 more cakes, enough to fill the pan but not overcrowd.
6. Cook, turn once, until golden brown on both sides about 5 minutes per side. Add more butter as needed to fry pancakes.
7. Using a wide spatula, lift pancakes from pan and transfer to warming tray in low oven at 200 degrees. Continue cooking remainder of potato mixture.
8. Keep warm until ready to serve. Garnish with fresh parsley and top with sour cream if desired.

Reviews

[adopt a greyhound]

I good use of mashed potatoes and a side for our Schnitzel. I really liked the caraway seed flavor. Only made half a recipe but we still have some leftover.

[momaphet]

What a great combination of flavors! I've enjoyed fried mashed potatoes since I was a kid, usually if I doctor them it's with cheese and garlic, the caraway and onion was different and delicious! I was cooking for one and didn't have leftover potatoes, so nuked a potato then added light cream and butter and went from there. I skipped the egg, but it held together fine, and didn't have any parsley on hand so left that out too. I'll be making this again, thank for sharing Cookgirl! Made by one of the Unrulies Under the Influence for ZWT6

[strawberrybird]

Yum. I've tried other potato pancakes with mashed potatoes, but these were the best ones yet. I used leftovers from Kartoffelpuree Meerrettich (Mashed Potatoes With Horseradish Cre. I also needed to add extra flour, and even with that they were a little sticky, but other than getting them off the spoon it didn't pose a problem and they came out moist and delicious. Thanks for a lovely recipe.