Feb 03 2017

How to make the most delicious pancakes?

Hello, my dear friends, regular readers and visitors who accidentally dropped by!

Oh, something so wanted potato pancakes! I want to cook the most delicious! This is me losing weight by the summer. And, anyway, Maslenitsa is coming soon. After that, I'll start. And today potatoes are on the agenda!

We have already prepared with you, and even.

But there are still many recipes. While I was looking, I learned so many new and interesting things.

It is believed that potato pancakes were invented in Belarus. And the name came from there. It is the most common dish there; it is even served in restaurants of even the most expensive ones. And they are mainly made from potatoes and onions.

But here in Russia in different regions they are called differently: kakorki, teruns, teruns, terunks, deeriks. And they cook everything in their own way.

But there are some common features and now I will tell you about them.

• For potato pancakes, yellow potatoes are best; they contain a lot of starch. And for some reason they are the most delicious from him.
• To prevent the potatoes from darkening, it is necessary to mix with onions, one potato, an onion, again a potato and an onion.
• The best spices for potato pancakes are curry, ground black pepper, coriander, marjoram, red pepper, white mustard, dried dill, garlic, Bell pepper and chili
• Do not place too thick pancakes in the pan, they may not fry inside.
• The prepared Belarusian delicacy must be laid out on a towel, which will allow you to remove the excess vegetable oil.
• The Belarusians have a secret - they use a special grater for potato pancakes. It looks like a fine grating grater that is found in almost every kitchen. But I like the big one more. A completely different taste is obtained.

My favorite simple pancakes without flour are potatoes, eggs and salt. But the diet needs to be varied, so I have collected several recipes. I tried everything. All awesome, for those who understand. And my family loved the cheese ones. She treated her friend to mushrooms - she liked it. In general, the taste, the color. Choose for yourself what you like.

Traditional Belarusian pancakes

• - 3-4 pcs.
• Onions - 1 pc.
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Frying oil
• Sour cream - for serving, without it in any way

Grate potatoes with onions. You can do this in a food processor, It will not be faster and tears from the onion. We put it in a bowl. You can remove excess juice, just squeeze it out.

Add salt and pepper.

Heat oil in a skillet and fry. About three minutes on each side, then you can still hold it a little under the lid - this is for softness. I like crunchy, so I put it on a napkin right away to remove the excess oil.

Serve with sour cream right away, while hot.

The most delicious pancakes with cheese

• Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• Onions - 1 pc.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Flour - 2-3 tablespoons.
• - 100 g
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Vegetable oil for frying
• Sour cream for serving

Rubbing raw potatoes along with onions. Add the egg, flour, salt, pepper and grated cheese. Mix everything until smooth.

Fry on both sides for about 3 minutes until golden brown.

There is another option. We do not add cheese to the dough, but simply sprinkle on top of the almost ready-made tortillas, cover with a lid and let the cheese melt.

Be sure to serve hot with sour cream. Mmmm the cheese is stretching, so delicious!

Potatoes with mushrooms

• Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• - 200 g
• Onions - 1 pc.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Flour - 2-3 tablespoons.
• Cheese - 100 g
• Salt and spices to taste
• Vegetable oil for frying
• Butter for frying mushrooms

Finely chop the mushrooms and fry in butter with onions.

Now we rub the potatoes, add an egg, salt, spices, flour to it, knead well. Now the mushrooms have cooled down. We mix. We fry.

Another option. You can not add mushrooms to the dough, but make the cakes more and

wrap mushrooms in them like a filling.

Potato with pumpkin

• Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• - 200 g
• Milk - a third of a glass
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Flour - 2-3 tablespoons
• Salt and spices to taste
• Vegetable oil for frying

Rub the potatoes and pumpkin.

Now you need to boil the milk and pour the potatoes over them, let it stand for 5 minutes, soak it. Then the milk can be drained through a colander. Add grated pumpkin to the potatoes, mix. Now the egg - you need to separate the yolk from the protein, add the yolk immediately, and beat the protein with a whisk and gently add to the dough. Now flour, salt and spices.

Heat the frying pan well, put the butter in there and fry our potato pancakes on both sides. At the end, cover with a lid and let it sweat a little, for softness.

And serve hot sour cream. Incredibly delicious for those who love pumpkin.

With tomatoes and herbs

• Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• - 2-3 pcs.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Flour - 2-3 tablespoons
• Greens to taste
• Garlic 1-2 cloves
• Salt and spices to taste
• Vegetable oil for frying

As always, rub raw potatoes, add flour, salt, spices, garlic (through a garlic press). Chop the tomatoes finely and the greens and add them to the dough

Fry until golden crisp.

There is a vegan option without an egg. Will not fall apart. The taste does not change at all. Try it.

With zucchini

• Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• - 1 PC.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Onions - 1 pc.
• Flour - 2-3 tablespoons
• Greens to taste
• Garlic 1-2 cloves
• Salt and spices to taste
• Vegetable oil for frying

Potatoes, onions, zucchini. wash, clean, rub. There is a lot of juice in the zucchini, it is better to squeeze it out by hand or let it drain in colorant. Add flour, salt, spices, egg.

Potato pancakes are called potato pancakes. This dish is considered Belarusian, but it is loved and prepared in many countries. Depending on the country in which the dish is prepared, the potato pancake has a different name and composition. Plyatski, potato pancakes, grated potatoes, kakorki - all these are the names of the same dish.

Pay attention to a few recipes that can diversify your idea of ​​potato pancakes.

This is the main recipe prepared by housewives for “ hastily". Basically, these are the pancakes that our grandmothers and mothers prepared for us.

Products:

• 5 potatoes;
• 2 chicken eggs;
• 1 onion head;
• 3 large spoons of flour;
• roasting oil;
• spices.

How to cook potato pancakes:

1. The hardest part of making potato pancakes is grating potatoes. Peel potatoes and rub on a fine grater.
2. Add the egg, chopped onion, flour and salt to the potatoes.
3. Mix everything well. Everything, the "dough" for frying is ready.
4. Heat the oil in a skillet and start spreading the potato pancakes with a spoon. Press them down with a spatula.
5. Fry on each side for 4 minutes and serve immediately.

Eat with sour cream.

With the addition of mushrooms

Potato pancakes with mushrooms - favorite dish residents of Western Ukraine. They put mushrooms in almost all of their dishes, and potato pancakes are no exception.

What is needed:

• potatoes - 700 g;
• mushrooms (champignons, porcini, chanterelles - at choice) - 300 g;
• bow 1 large head;
• flour up to 2 tablespoons (how much it will take);
• egg;
• spices.

Cooking:

1. First, we will start with the preparation of the mushrooms. Finely chop the onion, then the mushrooms and send them to a preheated pan with oil. Salt and fry until the water evaporates.
2. Now we are preparing the potatoes. We clean it and rub it on a medium grater.
3. We drive in an egg, salt, add spices and mix everything.
4. Pour in the fried mushrooms, flour and mix again.
5. Now let's start frying. Put the pancakes on a hot frying pan with a spoon and press down on top so that they are flat.
6. We wait until they acquire a golden color and remove. Serve warm with sour cream.

Potato pancakes with minced meat

This dish turns out to be more satisfying and, of course, high-calorie. To taste, this version of potato pancakes resembles whitewash. Another name for this dish is sorcerers.

Products:

• 300 g minced meat;
• 8 potatoes;
• 1 onion;
• eggs - 2 pieces;
• flour 2 tablespoons;
• spices and oil to fry.

Preparation:

1. Peel and grate the potatoes on the shallow side of the grater. If you have a harvester, use the pancake attachment.
2. Add eggs, flour to the potatoes, salt and mix.
3. Salt the minced meat and add chopped onion to it. Knead so that everything is evenly distributed.
4. In the meantime, a frying pan with butter should warm up.
5. Now the most interesting thing: put 1.5 tablespoons in a frying pan. composition, on top of a small minced cake, cover with a potato layer.
6. Fry until golden brown, and when we turn it over, we leave it on moderate heat, covered for 5-6 minutes.
7. Put the finished pancakes on a paper towel to remove excess fat.
8. Serve lukewarm.

Egg-free recipe

Who will benefit from this recipe? Perhaps to those who are fasting. Vegetarians will also be happy to use the recipe for potato pancakes without eggs.

Ingredients:

• 8 large potatoes;
• optional carrots;
• flour 3 tablespoons;
• spices;
• roasting oil.

How to cook?

1. Prepare vegetables: rinse, peel.
2. Three potatoes on a fine grater, salt and let stand for 10 minutes to let the juice come out.
3. Grate the carrots and add to the potatoes.
4. Add flour, favorite spices and mix everything well.
5. Now we need to warm up the oil pan well. If the butter sizzles, you can cook.
6. Fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown.
7. Repeat the action until you run out of mixture.
8. Make sure that they are not high, otherwise there is a risk that the potato pancakes will not fry.
9. Serve in fasting with lean mayonnaise. Garlic if desired.

With cheese in the oven

Potato pancakes in the oven are less fatty, which means that they are healthier and can be eaten by people who suffer from stomach diseases. And the fact that these potato pancakes are prepared with cheese gives them a special piquancy.

Ingredients:

• 7 potatoes;
• hard cheese about 120 g;
• 2 eggs;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• melted butter- 30 g;
• oregano a teaspoon;
• spices.

Cooking:

1. Rub the cheese on a coarse grater.
2. Then chop the garlic.
3. We rub the potatoes on a coarse grater and fill it cold water... Let it stand a little, and then wring it out and transfer it to a container.
4. Mix the cheese, potatoes, eggs, butter, garlic and all the spices well.
5. Grease the parchment a little with oil and spread it with a thin layer of potato pancakes.
6. We bake at 200C for about 20 minutes. Bon Appetit!

Lenten pancakes

The composition of the components:

• 1 kg of potatoes;
• 2 onions;
• flour 2 tablespoons;
• spices;
• oil to fry.

Cooking:

1. Peel the potatoes and grate them three. Squeeze out the juice.
2. If possible, grate the onion and add to the potatoes. Send flour, all the spices there and mix.
3. Put pancakes in portions on a hot frying pan and press them on top so that they are flat.
4. Fry for 3 minutes on each side, until golden brown.
5. Then hold them on a paper towel to remove the fat.

From potatoes and zucchini

Zucchini and potato pancakes are a dish of the June-July months. In summer, when the vegetables are young, they can be used in any dish. But the potatoes must be old.

What is necessary?

• a pound of zucchini;
• a pound of potatoes;
• one onion head;
• one egg;
• flour about 2 tablespoons;
• spices and oil.

Let's start cooking:

1. Wash, peel and remove the vegetables.
2. On a coarse grater, grate first the potatoes, then the zucchini and onions. If you get a lot of juice, then it should be squeezed out.
3. Into this mixture we add the remaining ingredients: egg, flour, spices.
4. Fry in a hot skillet for 3 minutes on each side.
5. Stir the mixture constantly in a bowl before each stir-fry.
6. Serve with sour cream or mayonnaise.

With green onions

Green onions add a summer flavor to classic potato pancakes. They will be beautiful and juicy.

Products for potato pancakes:

• 8 potatoes;
• a tablespoon of flour;
• one egg;
• a bunch of green onions;
• spices and oil.

Cooking:

1. Three grated potatoes as you see fit. Many people like it on small cells.
2. Add the egg, flour to the "dough" and salt everything. Mix well and add the chopped green onions.
3. If a lot of liquid comes out, drain.
4. Now you can fry. Heat a skillet with oil and put pancakes on it in portions.
5. Fry until golden brown for 3-4 minutes on each side.

Serve warm.

Diet potato pancakes without flour

There are many reasons to eat exactly diet potato pancakes. Perhaps someone carefully monitors their figure and does not want to gorge on those extra pounds. Others diet food shown for health reasons. In any case, this recipe will be useful to absolutely everyone.

Products for making dietary pancakes:

• a pound of potatoes;
• sour cream 2 large spoons;
• oil 50 ml;
• egg;
• spices.

Cooking:

1. We peel the potatoes, wash them and three on a grater. You do not need to squeeze the juice.
2. Introduce the egg and sour cream into the potatoes.
3. Salt, pepper and mix thoroughly.
4. Now put pancakes in portions on a hot frying pan and crush them on top so that they are flat.
5. Fry for 2 minutes on each side until golden brown.
6. We repeat the action until the whole portion runs out. potato dough.

And at the end, we present a few secrets for making the perfect pancakes:

• The pancake potatoes must be old. Young - excessively starchy, which prevents the products from keeping their shape.
• It is not necessary to grate the potatoes by hand. Progress is moving forward and now this work can be performed by blenders, combines, meat grinders.
• Don't put in a lot of flour. This can turn them into "rubber" pancakes.
• In addition to the classics of salt and pepper, dilute the potato pancakes with various seasonings. Garlic is perfect.
• You need to fry only in the most hot frying pan. If the dishes are just warm, then your pancakes will look like steamed potato cutlets. There should also be enough oil. Many people prefer to fry in lard or ghee and sunflower oil at the same time.

Potato pancakes (potato pancakes, potato pancakes) are a very common food that came to us from Belarusian cuisine, but gradually the limits of using this dish have expanded. Now these pancakes are popular not only in Belarus, but also in Ukraine, and in Russia, and in Europe.

The principle of production is always the same: grated or otherwise chopped potatoes with the addition of various ingredients are fried in a pan. The ingredients can be varied - cheese, mushrooms, minced meat, zucchini - whatever you like, which will be the highlight of your homemade potato pancakes! After all, there are a great many recipes for delicacies, but they all differ. great taste and very low cost of products.

The dish is perfect for breakfast or lunch, since the potato delicacy combines high satiety and ease of preparation. Using potato pancakes as a side dish is not the best solution, since they are usually prepared using a large amount of oil, but for those who are concerned about the calorie content of a dish, there is a wonderful opportunity to reduce its calorie content by cooking them in the oven, although, in my opinion, they are significant inferior to those cooked according to the classic recipe in a pan.

Potato pancakes

Complement them nutritional value any vegetable salad... The main component for cooking is potatoes, and potato varieties rich in starch are ideal, therefore from young potatoes pancakes don't always work well. Real potato pancakes are covered with an appetizing crispy crust, but inside they are juicy and tender, especially if consumed immediately after cooking. If you are a big fan of baking, I recommend making or.

Content

So, we will no longer drag out the description of the most popular and mouth-watering recipes this wonderful dish!

Potato pancakes according to the classic recipe

The first recipe that I will present to you can be called a classic. Real pancakes are made from potatoes and onions. Delicious crunchy at the edges and tender in the middle. No eggs, flour or anything else. Of course, these additives alter the flavor and complement it, but these are all variations of a traditional dish.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 500g
• Salt - 0.5 tsp.
• Bulb onion - 1pc.

1. First, grate the onion.

Onions will prevent the potatoes from oxidizing and darkening.

2. Grate the potatoes here and mix.

3. Throw the resulting mass in a colander and squeeze.

4. Add half a teaspoon of salt, mix thoroughly. The pancake dough is ready.

5. Pour into the pan sunflower oil and warm it up well. Using a tablespoon, spread the dough into a skillet about 6-7 mm high. Fry on both sides until golden brown over medium heat.

6. Put the finished ones on a paper towel to remove excess fat.

7. Serve hot, fresh. Season very well with sour cream.

Bon Appetit!

Potato pancakes with minced meat

I represent very delicious recipe potato pancakes with minced meat, in other words "sorcerers", yes, that's what they call them. Appearance they have a very original, flaky one. Well, let's conjure.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 1kg.
• Minced meat - 300g.
• Bulb onion - 1pc.
• Egg - 1pc.

1. Grate potatoes on a fine grater. Squeeze it out with your hands to remove excess moisture.

2. Finely grate the onion.

3. Combine all grated vegetables together, stir. Season with salt and pepper, add the egg and stir again.

4. Prepare the minced meat. Add salt and pepper to it and stir.

5. Let's move on to baking. Heat in a frying pan minimal amount vegetable oil. Place one spoonful of potato mass.

6. Put the minced meat in the second layer.

7. In the third layer, on top, put the potato mass again. You will get three layers, with a layer of meat inside.

8. Fry over low heat with the lid closed until golden brown. Flip over and fry on the second side.

Do not use a large fire, otherwise everything will burn on the outside and not bake on the inside.

Best served hot.

Bon Appetit!

Appetizing potato pancakes with cheese

I ask you to familiarize yourself with the recipe that you can always do, at any time without fear for your figure. Highly lean baked goods which you will make in the oven. You can replace the cheese with your favorite one.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 4 pcs.
• Butter - 30g. (melted)
• Cheddar cheese - 120g.
• Green onions - 10g.
• Eggs - 2 pcs.
• Scale - 1 clove
• Oregano - 1 tsp
• Salt and pepper to taste

1. Grate potatoes, preferably fine or medium.

2. Fill it with cold water for 10 minutes. This operation will remove starch from the potatoes. Place in a colander and wring out with your hands.

3. Add melted butter, grated cheese, green onions, eggs, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper to the potatoes and mix well. The dough is ready.

4. From the dough with your hands, form future pancakes in the form of flat cutlets. Place them on a non-stick baking sheet or with a minimum amount of oil.

5. Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20 minutes.

6. Serve hot. It turns out very tasty with sour cream.

Bon Appetit!

Delicious recipe for Belarusian potato pancakes

Draniki is a mega-popular dish due to its simplicity of preparation and at the same time amazing taste. Crispy, hot in the heat, with fresh sour cream, they will give odds to many restaurant dishes. This breakfast will cheer you up and energize!

Many housewives add flour and eggs to the dough, not knowing that this will turn the pancakes into potato pancakes and become rubbery. In fact, everything is much simpler - arm yourself with potatoes and a grater, and cook a real masterpiece!

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 1kg.
• Bulb onions - 2 pcs.
• Salt - 0.5 tsp.
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Vegetable oil - 8 tablespoons

1. Cut the onion into random-shaped pieces and place it in a vegetable cutter. Chop finely. You can grind on a fine grater or meat grinder.

2. Chop the potatoes in the same way. The smaller you make it, the better.

3. Combine everything in a bowl, add salt and pepper. Stir.

4. Preheat a skillet with vegetable oil.

5. Spoon the potato mixture into a 5-8mm thick frying pan. Fry over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.

6. Put the finished potato pancakes first on a paper towel to remove excess oil.

7. Serve hot, preferably with sour cream.

Bon Appetit!

Features of cooking potato pancakes in a pan

Potato pancakes, or they are also called potato pancakes, are generally easy to cook. Chopped potatoes, added onions and fried. But! As in any recipe there is a BUT. There are nuances that I will tell you about.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 2 pcs.
• Egg - 1pc.
• Bulb onion - 1pc.
• Salt to taste
• Vegetable oil - for frying

1. Peel potatoes and finely grate. Squeeze the resulting mass out of excess moisture with your hands.

2. Grate the onion on a fine grater. Send to potatoes.

3. Put everything together, add the egg, salt and mix everything.

There is no flour in the recipe, since it is designed to remove excess moisture that we do not have.

To prevent the pancakes from falling apart when frying, there is an egg in the recipe.

4. Preheat the skillet with big amount vegetable oil.

During the frying process, the potato pancakes absorb oil.

5. While the pan is heating up, remove any excess water from the potato dough.

6. Spread the dough with a tablespoon. Fry one side over medium heat until golden brown. Then turn over, cover and fry the other side for about 3-4 minutes until light brown.

7. Finished first put on a paper towel to allow the glass to excess oil.

8. Serve hot or cold. The classic way serve with sour cream.

Bon Appetit!

Unusual recipe for potato pancakes with pumpkin

If it is summer now, if you are on a diet and extra calories do not suit you, if you just love pumpkin or you like dishes cooked in the oven, then of course this recipe is for you. Absolutely diet recipe! For tasty and healthy food.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 0.5kg.
• Pumpkin - 0.5kg.
• Eggs - 2 pcs.
• Flour - 3 tbsp.
• Salt, pepper - to taste

1. So let's get started. Grate potatoes on a coarse grater, or chop in a blender. Season with salt, stir and set aside for 3-5 minutes for the potatoes to juice.

2. Pumpkin, also grate on a coarse grater.

3. Squeeze the potatoes out of the juice and add to the pumpkin.

4. Separate the whites from the egg yolks. Remove the whites, and add the yolks to the vegetables. Salt and pepper everything and add flour. Mix thoroughly.

5. Add a pinch of salt to the egg whites and beat with a blender until fluffy.

6. Transfer to vegetable mass and stir until smooth.

Thanks to the whipped proteins, the pancakes will turn out to be very fluffy and airy.

7. Grease a baking sheet with a minimum amount of vegetable oil and lay out the potato mass in the form of flat patties.

8. Bake one side in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 15 minutes, then turn over and bake for another 15 minutes.

The exact baking time depends on your oven, be guided by the golden crust.

Bon Appetit!

Juicy and delicious sorcerers with meat

Once I wrote about. But this way you can do not only them. I represent the sorcerers by lazy recipe, with chicken breast.

Ingredients:

• Chicken breast - 300g.
• Potatoes - 600g.
• Egg - 1pc.
• Garlic - 2 cloves
• Lemon juice - 1/2 tsp.
• Bulb onions - 1 / 2pc.
• Salt, pepper - to taste
• Vegetable oil to taste

1. Grate potatoes on a medium grater. Squeeze a little into it lemon juice and add salt, set aside for 5 minutes.

The lemon juice will keep the potatoes from browning and the salt will squeeze the juice out.

2. Throw the potatoes in a colander, you can even squeeze a little. Pour the juice, and leave the starch remaining at the bottom and return it back to the potatoes.

3. Chicken breast chop finely or mince and send to potatoes.

4. Add finely chopped garlic, egg, salt, black pepper and mix thoroughly.

The potato pan dough is ready.

5. Preheat a skillet with vegetable oil.

6. Spread the dough with a spoon 8-10mm thick. Sauté one side until golden brown, then turn over, close the lid and sauté under the lid for another 4 minutes.

Then open the lid, turn it over to the first side again and fry for another 1.5-2 minutes with the lid open.

Do not do it strong fire, otherwise the potato pancakes will burn. The total frying time is 7-8 minutes.

7. Finished first spread on a paper towel to allow the glass excess oil.

Bon Appetit!

Oven baked pancakes

Lastly, I propose a video recipe for making diet pancakes with cheese in the oven.

Friends, I have everything. Hope you enjoyed it. Until next time with new recipes.

Sincerely, Alexander

Potato pancakes, delicious, delicate potato pancakes with a golden crispy crust, are considered Belarusian national dish, although German gourmets were the first to master their preparation. Potato pancakes are loved in many countries, but they are called differently. Ukrainians prepare potato pancakes, graters and kremzliks. Poles fry pieska, Czechs fry bramboraki, and in different regions of Russia potato pancakes are known as kakorki, terunets and dyoriks. The technology for making potato pancakes is simple - the potatoes are chopped, mixed with eggs, flour, onions, garlic and spices, and then fried in oil like pancakes. Juicy, mouth-watering potato pancakes are loved by both adults and children, and cooking this dish is easy, quick and pleasant.

First secret: good potatoes

New potatoes are not suitable for pancakes, as they are not very starchy and potato pancakes can creep or burn. In this case, starch or eggs are added for the bunch, which are sometimes replaced with whipped ones. egg whites... For 1 kg of potatoes, 2 eggs or 1-2 tablespoons are enough. l. starch. By the way, some chefs believe that eggs make potato pancakes too dense, so it all depends on tastes and preferences.

So, peeled potatoes are grated on a fine or coarse grater or ground in a food processor, blender, or meat grinder. It is no coincidence that potato pancakes are called teruns - from the word "to rub" or in the Ukrainian manner - "to tear". Sometimes in recipes there is an advice to grate half of the potatoes finely and half coarsely. They say that potato pancakes retain their shape better this way. For some reason, it is believed that for potato pancakes you need to grind potatoes by hand, but this is not at all necessary. After all, we live in the 21st century, and the most difficult work in the kitchen has long been performed by the technician.

Second secret: less flour

A large amount of flour spoils the taste of potato pancakes, and they become rubbery. If the potato mass turns out to be liquid, it is thrown back onto a sieve and the liquid is allowed to drain. In this case, starch will remain at the bottom of the cup with potato juice, which is added to the potatoes instead of flour and eggs. The crust of such potato pancakes turns out to be crispy and tasty. If there is no time to filter the potato juice, instead of flour, you can add semolina, which absorbs excess liquid and makes it tender, juicy and lush. For 1 kg of potatoes, usually take 1-2 tbsp. l. flour or 3-4 tbsp. l. decoys.

Third secret: seasoning and proper frying

One of the subtleties of making classic potato pancakes is seasonings and spices. Together with the potatoes in a blender, grind the onion, which prevents the potato mass from darkening quickly. In addition to salt, garlic, black pepper, dried herbs and favorite spices are added to potatoes. Fry potato pancakes only in a hot pan with a lot of vegetable, ghee or melted lard. If you cook potato pancakes in a warm frying pan, they will look like cutlets from boiled potatoes... Ready potato pancakes are laid out on a wire rack or on a paper towel to remove unnecessary fat, and they are served with sour cream, mayonnaise, ketchup, meat and mushroom sauce... Belarusian housewives cook for traditional sauce machanka, which includes meat cuts, sausage, bacon and onions.

Unusual ways to cook potato pancakes

In western Ukraine, they make a potato pancake the size of big damn, fried on both sides, put meat, mushroom or vegetable filling on one side and decorate with sour cream on top. It is enough to eat one such potato pancake to eat for half a day. Sometimes, in the process of kneading the dough, fried onions and mushrooms, grated cheese, cereals, minced meat, pieces of chicken, fish and vegetables, seafood, squeezed cottage cheese, an apple are added to it, and if the mass is dry, it is diluted with a small amount of milk or sour cream. Exists interesting recipe Swiss potato pancakes Rösti from jacket potatoes boiled with cheese, fried like cutlets and served with herbs and sour cream sauce. If you are on a diet, learn to cook potato pancakes in a multicooker without fat. They, of course, will not be so juicy, but the calorie content of the dish will decrease several times. "Lazy" potato pancakes are usually prepared by bachelors, rubbing potatoes together with the peel, and the rest of the recipe does not differ from ordinary pancakes.

Stuffed potato pancakes resembling zrazy are very tasty. Put meat, fish, vegetable or mushroom mince, spread a little dough on top to close the filling and fry on both sides. Potato pancakes with meat are called sorcerers in Belarusian cuisine. This option is not dietary, but very appetizing.

Potato pancakes are often baked on a baking sheet under sour cream or in pots, sandwiched with meat, mushrooms and vegetables. In the oven, they languish under a cheese cap and become even softer and more tender than fried ones.

Three original recipes

Ukrainian potato pancakes

Grind 1 kg of potatoes and 1 onion, let the liquid drain, add 300 g of cottage cheese, 2 eggs and any spices. Knead the dough well and fry the pancakes in oil like pancakes.

Potato pancakes with seeds

600 g peeled raw potatoes, 1 onion and 1 clove of garlic are grated or chopped in a food processor. We squeeze the potatoes or let the juice drain on our own. Add 3 eggs and 200 ml of hot milk to the mass, mix well and pour out a handful of seeds, which you can grind a little beforehand. Season the dough with salt, pepper, fresh basil and fry in a hot skillet. You can serve such potato pancakes with a poached egg.

Potato pancakes with oatmeal

Pour boiling water over 1 glass of rolled oats and leave for 10-15 minutes. Grate 2 peeled potatoes, squeeze and combine with 1 finely chopped onion, mix with steamed oatmeal and a pinch of oregano. Next, form the pancakes, fry and serve with sour cream.

Versatile homemade food that can be varied as you like. This dish always turns out delicious, so even a novice housewife can master it. It is not necessary to serve potato pancakes as a side dish, they are also good as an independent dish. Ruddy and crispy potato pancakes that melt in your mouth sometimes disappear from the plate before the family gathers at the table. And for any housewife this is the best recognition of her culinary skills!

Potato pancakes (or potato pancakes) are the most popular potato pancakes in Belarus, which have firmly entered the cuisine of neighboring countries: Ukraine and Russia. Grated potatoes with garlic, onions and eggs are fried in a hot skillet in oil or animal fat. It turns out to be a very satisfying and simple dish. The main “partner” of hot potato pancakes is sour cream. Of course, this dish cannot be considered dietary, because the calorie content of potato pancakes is 170 kcal per 100 g, and if there is flour in the dough, then all 199 kcal are obtained. But this does not diminish their popularity in any way, and people's love they will never lose.

A step-by-step recipe for potato pancakes will teach you how to cook real Belarusian pancakes.

Required Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 10 pcs;
• Egg - 2 pcs;
• Salt to taste;
• Oil for frying.

How to make potato pancakes:

The best recipes for potato pancakes

Having studied classic recipe potato pancakes, you can proceed to its more complex options. After all, they are prepared with both vegetables and meat, fried in a pan or baked in the oven. So it turns out that a simple and hearty dish conceals many secrets.

All recipes for potato pancakes are very similar, but sometimes a minor detail can significantly change the taste of the dish.

Vegetarian pancakes with vegetables

Strict adherents of vegetarianism also love Belarusian cuisine, especially its potato pancakes. By adding various vegetables to the dough, potato pancakes without eggs are lean, but very bright.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 8 pcs;
• Carrots - 1 pc;
• Onions - 2 pcs;
• Salt, spices - to taste;
• Onions - 2 pcs.

Preparation:

1. Peel medium-sized potatoes, large carrots and onions and rinse in water.
2. Grate all vegetables on a fine grater into one bowl. Rub the potatoes last, so as not to darken too much. Season the mixture with salt and spices to taste. Excess fluid.
3. Pour oil into a frying pan and heat. Spread the mixture only in hot oil, giving the shape of a cake. Make potato pancakes not very thick, as the middle may not bake.
4. Fry the potato pancakes on each side until golden brown.

Deruny with cheese and ham

Potato pancakes with cheese are not only appetizing, but also very satisfying. And if you add a little ham and herbs, then you get a complete dinner without any side dishes.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 6 pcs;
• Onions - 1 pc;
• Ham - 200 gr;
• Cheese - 200 gr;
• Egg - 2 pcs;
• Dill - 1 bunch;
• Flour - 4 tbsp. spoons;
• Salt and spices to taste.

Preparation:

1. Peel the onions and potatoes. Finely chop the dill. Grate all vegetables, cheese and ham. In this recipe for potato pancakes, all the ingredients should be grated on the largest grater to avoid the mushy state of the products. Drain off excess liquid.
2. Add eggs, dill and flour to the mixture. Mix everything and salt to taste.
3. Spoon the mixture into a hot skillet with butter, shaping it into a pancake. Fry until golden brown on each side.

Analogue of minced meat pies

Departing from the classic recipes, you can make potato pancakes in the form of minced meat pies.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 60 pcs;
• Onions - 1 pc;
• Egg - 2 pcs;
• Minced meat - 200 gr;
• Salt and pepper to taste;
• Flour - on demand.

Preparation:

1. For a potato mixture, grate the vegetables on the finest grater. Season the potatoes with salt and spices to taste. Drain any liquid that appears. Drive eggs into the mixture and mix everything. If you get a liquid consistency, then you need to add a little flour.
2. Any mince can be used, but it is better to take fine grinding and without a large amount of bacon. Add the grated onion to the minced meat and season with spices. Mix everything until smooth.
3. These potato pancakes with minced meat are fried only in hot oil. Spoon a thin layer of the mixture, and put a little on top minced meat... Smooth the minced meat over the entire surface of the pancake. Put a thin layer of potato mixture on the filling again. As soon as one side is browned, gently turn the potato pancake, being careful not to drop the filling.
4. Such meat potato pancakes are cooked under a closed lid so that the minced meat has time to steam while the crust forms.

Multicooker recipe

You can cook potato pancakes not only in a pan, but also in a slow cooker. With this option, a minimum amount of oil is required, which is very beneficial for a healthy lifestyle.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 1 kg;
• Onions - 1 pc;
• Egg - 2 pcs;
• Flour - 3 tbsp. spoons;
• Salt and spices to taste.

Preparation:

1. Peel the onions and potatoes. Grate vegetables. Drain the formed liquid.
2. Beat eggs. Season everything with spices. Add flour and mix thoroughly until smooth.
3. Grease the multicooker bowl with oil. Spoon into pancakes and place them on the bottom of the bowl.
4. Cook on the "Bake" or "Fry" mode for 20 minutes on each side.

With mushrooms and pork belly in a pot

Cooking potato pancakes is no longer an ordinary procedure. Fantasy and the desire to search for new tastes lead to the fact that even simple dishes change beyond recognition. Such potato pancakes with mushrooms and pork belly in a pot may well become a decoration of the festive table.

The dish is based on classic potato pancakes, which must be prepared in any convenient way.

Ingredients:

• Classic potato pancakes - 15-20 pcs;
• Champignons - 300 gr;
• Onions - 2 pcs;
• Pork belly - 500 gr;
• Sour cream - by product yield;
• Greens, cheese - optional;
• Salt and spices to taste.

Preparation:

1. We believe that the potato pancakes are ready.
2. Cut the brisket into oblong cubes and fry in a dry frying pan until tender. 15-20 minutes will be enough. Put the meat on a plate, leave the melted fat in the pan.
3. Cut the champignons into plates and cut the onions into thin half rings. Put everything in a skillet and simmer until soft for 5-7 minutes.
4. Put 2-3 potato pancakes in portioned pots for the oven at the very bottom. Lubricate them with sour cream. Top with a layer of mushrooms and onions, and then the brisket. Close on top with 2 pancakes, which are also greased with sour cream. Cover the pot with a lid.
5. Bake at 200C for 30 minutes.

Potato pancakes in the oven are much softer and softer than in a pan, because excess moisture does not leave, but is absorbed into the dough.

So that the pancakes do not fall apart when baking, during the cooking process, be sure to drain all the liquid and add flour to the dough.

Potato pancakes with meat - original dish, an interesting taste of which is obtained by adding chicken fillet to the dough.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 6 pcs;
• Onions - 1 pc;
• Eggs - 2 pcs;
• Salt - ½ tsp;
• Flour - 3 tbsp. spoons;
• Chicken fillet - ½ pc.

Preparation:

1. Cut the chicken breast into small flat pieces.
2. Peel and wash vegetables. Grate them with any size grater. Season with salt and pepper to taste, combine with fillet. Drain off excess water.
3. Beat in eggs and mix gently. If the dough is too thin, add flour. Mix the whole mass until smooth.
4. Fry potato pancakes in a hot skillet with oil over medium heat or slightly higher. Spread out with a spoon, in portions, giving a rounded thin shape. So that the meat does not remain raw, the pancakes should not be thick. When a golden brown crust appears on both sides, remove the heat a little and cover the pan with a lid for 3 minutes. In this case chicken fillet get ready for sure.

Unusual potato pancakes with crab sticks

By adding new ingredients to the main recipe, you can get an amazing taste and unusual juiciness of color. Potato pancakes with original crab stick filling will surprise and delight at the same time.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 4 pcs;
• Onions - 1 pc;
• Garlic - 2 cloves;
• Egg - 2 pcs;
• Crab sticks - 4 pcs;
• Flour - 4 tbsp. spoons;
• Greens - 1 bunch;
• Salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

1. Finely chop the greens. Fresh green onions will add spring colors and brightness to the dish.
2. Chop the crab sticks by cutting them into small cubes or grating them.
3. Grate potatoes and onions on a medium-sized grater. Remove excess water.
4. Add eggs, herbs and crab sticks... Season to taste with salt and pepper.
5. Fry the pancakes in a hot skillet on both sides until golden brown.

Potato squash recipe

Do you want something interesting?

In the summer, when young zucchini are just emerging, it is so nice to pamper yourself with fresh vitamins. And children will eat zucchini in this form much more willingly.

And this recipe will tell you how to cook potato pancakes in a very unusual way with oatmeal and semolina.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 2 pcs;
• Zucchini - 1 pc;
• Onions - 1 pc;
• Semolina - 1 tbsp. spoon;
• Oatmeal - 1 tbsp. spoon;
• Flour - 3 tbsp. spoons;
• Cheese - 50 gr;
• Vegetable oil - 2 tsp;
• Salt to taste.

Preparation:

1. Peel potatoes and onions. If the zucchini is young with a thin skin, then it may not be cut off. Grate all vegetables the same size. Be sure to remove excess fluid.
2. Add semolina, flour and cereals finely ground. Mix everything well. If the liquid reappears, get rid of it again.
3. Pour 1 teaspoon of oil into the mixture. Salt to taste and mix everything.
4. It is best to fry such potato pancakes on non-stick coating... For such a frying pan, the remaining 1 teaspoon of oil will be enough. When the pan is hot, spoon the mass into it, giving it the desired shape.
5. Fry potato pancakes on both sides until pleasant golden brown and crisp. With this cooking process, the pancakes take longer to grill than in a large number oils, but they are more dietary.

What do potato pancakes eat with?

In order to appreciate the potato pancakes and fully experience their taste, it is necessary not only to cook them correctly, but also to serve them correctly. What are potato pancakes eaten with? Yes, with anything!

1. Sour cream and sauces based on it are the most common dressing for potato pancakes. You can make the sour cream sharper by squeezing 2-3 cloves of garlic into it through a press. Will also go well fresh herbs... Finely chop a few sprigs of dill and 2-3 green onions and mix with sour cream. And any other sour cream sauce will go well with potato pancakes.
2. Mushroom sauce is the second most popular. Heat some oil in a frying pan and fry 2 tbsp. tablespoons flour until caramel color. Pour in 2 cups of mushroom broth and bring everything to a boil. Add salt and pepper to taste. Greens can be crumbled into the finished sauce.
3. Mild homemade ketchup is ideal for fritters with minced meat.
4. As a very original addition, you can serve thick apple or cranberry sauce with potato pancakes.

To keep potato pancakes always fluffy and crispy, and not just boiled potatoes in a crust, use a few helpful tips.

• Which potatoes are best to use? Pancakes are prepared only from old potatoes. Those. from what lay at least 2 months after digging up. Young potatoes make a not so tasty dish.
• How to make pancakes crispy? It is imperative to squeeze the potatoes and onions from excess liquid, because it makes the dish more boiled. Also, excess flour reduces crunching, making the dough more rubbery.
• How to fry potato pancakes? The main thing is not to spare the oil so that the pancakes do not burn. And for even cooking, they should be leveled when laid out in the pan.
• How to speed up the cooking process? To make potato pancakes faster, you can use a blender or food processor. This kitchen appliances will save you a lot of time.
• How to make potato pancakes less nutritious? To reduce calories, you can bake potato pancakes in the oven or cook them in a slow cooker. In these cases, oil is hardly used. When frying in a pan, the finished pancakes should be laid out on a paper napkin so that it absorbs the excess fat.