Pancakes

Potato pancake

Mix the starch from the finely ground potatoes and fry until golden brown.

Prep
15 min
Cook
12 min
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Potato pancakes with crispy edges

Scale the recipe

Base quantities · 2 servings · potato (weight of peeled raw potatoes) 420 g

Ingredients

potato weight of peeled raw potatoes
420 g
cooking oil
2 T

Seasonings

fine salt
1/6 T

Level measures: 1 T (tablespoon) = 15 mL, 1 C (paper cup) = 180 mL. Household spoons and cups can vary in size.

Method

  1. Grate the potatoes

    Grate the potatoes 420 g on a grater.

    Raw potato finely grated beneath a steel box grater
  2. Strain the grated potatoes

    Drain them in a fine sieve and let the collected liquid settle for about 5 minutes.

    Grated potatoes strained through a sieve to remove moisture
  3. Pour off the water to save the starch

    Carefully pour off the clear liquid, leaving the white starch at the bottom of the bowl.

    White potato starch remaining in the glass bowl as the liquid is poured off
  4. Mix potato starch

    Stir the starch back into the grated potatoes and mix in the salt 1/6 T.

    Mixing grated potatoes and settled white starch in a bowl
  5. Heat the oiled pan

    Divide the oil 2 T between batches and heat a portion in a skillet over medium heat.

    Thin film of cooking oil spreading across the pan before the potato batter
  6. Grill until golden brown on both sides

    Spread the potato mixture into a thin pancake and fry it on both sides. Take it out when the edges are crisp and the center is cooked.

    Potato pancakes with golden edges on the pan