Potato Pancakes Americas Test Kitchen Recipe 425 Recipes

POTATO PANCAKES (AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN) RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Toss grated potatoes, onion and salt together. Put half of mixture at a time into a clean kitchen towel and squeeze liquids into measuring cup. Put drained potatoes into bowl. Put potatoes into microwave for 1 to 2 minutes, mixing with fork every 30 seconds. Mix and let cool down. Spread onto baking sheet and they will cool faster. Let oil heat up in skillet. CAREFULLY pour off liquid saving remaining starch on bottom. Return potatoes back to bowl from baking sheet. Mix 2 eggs together and add to starch in measuring cup and mix. Add to bowl of potatoes. Add parsley and pepper and toss until evenly coated. Make sure oil in pan is 350 degrees. Take potatoes in quarter cup mound and add to pan and then push out to about 1/3 inch thick. Should be about 3 minutes a side until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. You can keep warm in 200 degree oven to keep warm until all pancakes are done.

POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• Combine the grated onion and potato in a kitchen towel and wring out as much liquid as you can. Pour the mixture into a mixing bowl. Dust with the flour and mix to disperse it. Add the egg, lemon zest, chopped dill, salt and pepper and mix until well combined.
• Heat the olive oil and butter in a large nonstick saute pan over medium-high heat. Once the bubbles from the butter subside, spoon 3 heaping tablespoons of the potato mixture into the pan. Repeat, making 4 to 8 pancakes. Cook the pancakes about 4 minutes on each side, assuring that both sides are well browned and the potato is cooked through. Reduce the heat of the pan if the potato cakes are browning too quickly in order to make sure the inside is cooked completely.
• Remove the cakes to a paper-towel-lined plate as they finish and season with salt while hot.
• (You can cover them with foil and keep in a 200 degrees F-oven to stay warm until ready to serve.)
• To serve, transfer the potato pancakes to a platter and dollop each one with the creme fraiche. Top with a sprig of dill.