In the kitchens of many nations there are dishes similar to Belarusian pancakes. The main product used for their preparation is potatoes. Let's talk about how to prepare potato pancakes. There are many recipes. In some recipes, the amount of ingredients is minimized, and in some, on the contrary, such rare delicacies are used that excessive salivation begins only when reading the recipe itself. I would like to share the experience of cooking potato pancakes without much glamor, using the set of products that almost any housewife always has. For this, I think, such potato pancakes are appreciated. And from this they do not become less tasty.
As an initial or, more precisely, basic one, you can take a recipe in which the food set is minimal: potatoes, an egg, vegetable oil, salt and flour.
We clean the potatoes, wash them, chop them in an acceptable way. Salt and set aside for a few minutes. In no case do we drain the juice that stands out in this case. Add the egg, a little vegetable oil to the mashed mass, mix thoroughly. And only after that we mix the flour, adding it in small portions. For the first preparation, of course, I bring the ratio of products: for 2-3 medium potatoes - 1 egg, 0.5 teaspoon of salt, 40-50 g of vegetable oil in the dough itself and flour to the desired consistency. Having completed the above procedures, we get a ready-made dough for baking. It should be thick enough so that it does not absorb too much oil when frying. It is better to fry potato fritters in a well-heated frying pan, reducing the heat to medium, and under the lid. Serve with sour cream or sour cream and garlic sauce.
This recipe embodies the personal experience of the author of the article since his student days. In modern times, even the grinding method may differ from previously known. Now such a miracle of kitchen equipment as a food processor or a blender has come to the rescue. Therefore, every modern housewife will immediately translate this recipe into its own technological sequence and modify it according to its taste preferences. And there is something to modify. Take, for example, the fact that potato pancakes tend to darken. To solve this problem, you can simply add some dairy product to the dough.
Potato fritters will only become tastier if you add finely chopped onions or cheese, dry broth or allspice to the dough for piquancy. Gourmet pancakes will have an exquisite creamy taste if you use cream instead of vegetable oil when preparing the dough. In the dough at the cooking stage, you can add various flavors: fried mushrooms, shrimp, finely chopped ham, salmon or something like that. You can make sauce for pancakes from these products, which will add a certain sophistication and sophistication to the finished dish. And you can do even more original. Put the finished filling on the cakes laid in the pan and pour another layer of dough on top. Squeeze them lightly with a spoon so that the layers close tightly, and fry like ordinary pancakes on both sides.
No less tasty and original pancakes from zucchini and potatoes, which combine perfectly and harmonize perfectly in this dish. If you focus on the vegetable nature of the dish and add spinach, dill and parsley and onions to the list of products, you will get original pancakes. This masterpiece will certainly not go unnoticed, if only because your creation will have an original color. In addition, it will be rich in vitamins and mineral elements, so necessary for the human body at present.
The original orange color will have pumpkin and potato pancakes . Pumpkin will give it to the pancakes, which will enrich the dish with all the mineral and vitamin components that are so widely represented in its composition. Depending on the percentage ratio of pumpkin and potatoes in the dough, you can make some adjustment in the taste scale, abandoning seasonings and spices. And serve pancakes with fruit and cream sauce, whipped cream, or just sprinkled with powdered sugar.
I would like to wish every housewife, who first met this magnificent, simple and tasty dish, to bring it to her piggy bank. Good appetite!