Potato Pancakes with Homemade Applesauce

evelyn/athens's Note:

Comfort food to the max. Nothing beats these potato pancakes and applesauce, especially with a pork roast or ham steak.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

Potato Pancakes

• 3 large baking potatoes , peeled and diced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon minced shallot
• 1 egg , beaten
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch fresh ground black pepper
• ½ cup vegetable oil

Homemade Applesauce

• 3 granny smith apples , cored and cut into medium chunks
• 8 ounces orange juice
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1 small cinnamon stick (or 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon)
• 2 whole cloves
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon butter (optional)

Directions:

1. Place potatoes in a medium saucepan with enough cold water to cover.
2. Bring the water to a boil and cook the potatoes until fork tender.
3. Drain the potatoes and return them to the pan and cook over low heat for 2-3 minutes more, shaking the pan.
4. Transfer the potatoes to a mixing bowl.
5. Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat.
6. Add the shallots and cook until translucent, about 4-6 minutes.
7. Add the butter, egg, salt and pepper to the potatoes and stir to combine.
8. When cool, shape mixture into 8 small pancakes.
9. Heat about 1/4 inch of oil in a skillet over high heat.
10. Add the potato pancakes and cook 2-3 minutes or until golden brown.
11. Turn the cakes and reduce the heat to medium and cook for 2-3 minutes more.
12. Drain the cakes on the paper towels and serve with applesauce.
13. Homemade Applesauce: Combine all ingredients in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil.
14. Reduce the heat to simmer and cook until the apples are fork tender.
15. Remove from the heat and mash all the ingredients together using a potato masher.
16. Stir in the butter, if using.

Reviews

[John W Wenzelburger]

The Apple Sauce was GREAT was very good with the pork chops I made. I used a potato ricer instad of masher which straned out some hard parts of the apples. I could not get the Potato Pancakes to work maybe I did something wrong, but they just fell apart and by the time they cooked at all they had desolved in the oil.

[glitter]

We enjoyed this! A real comfort food..made the potatoes the same..except I added a tblsp. sour cream...(shame on me!) but I did not add the butter to the applesauce which was great. I like the orange juice compared to the standard lemon juice. Combines well with the spices...a keeper. Thank you for sharing. glitter