Potato Pancakes
This will make 6 or 7 pancakes. Enough for two people who eat well.You are going to need:
- 5 - medium potatoes
- 1 - yellow onion
- One large egg
- Some ice
- Salt and Pepper
- A few clean kitchen towels
Into an ice water bath shred about five medium peeled potatoes with about one-half of a yellow onion and let them soak a few minutes to get some of the starch out, then drain off the water and put the mixture onto a clean dry kitchen towel. Roll up the towel and then roll it into another dry towel to squeeze as much water out as you can (but don't wring them tightly or you get to start all over again). What you will have, after you unwrap the towel, is a fairly dry potato and onion mixture which you put back into a medium bowl. Add an egg, a couple tablespoons of flour, and a dash of both salt and pepper and mix it all well using your hands, mix in the potato/onions.
Heat about a quarter inch of oil in a large non-stick skillet over a medium high heat. When the oil shimmers (but not smoking) add one-third cup mounds of the mixture to the oil in mounds. Flatten with a spatula, then leave it alone until you can see crispy brown edges.
Flip and flatten again and fry until golden.
Top with sour cream, chopped green onion, and applesauce on the side. Preferably you will have bought a nice chunky homemade one! Goes especially well with pork breakfast sausages, fried brown, and a nice egg fried over easy.
These usually go rubbery if you don't eat them hot, and they just don't freeze at all. So eat the whole lot and be done with it.
Enjoy!
