Polish Potato Pancakes

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 5 medium potatoes (about 2 1/2 cups pureed)
• 1 medium onion (about 1 cup chopped)
• 1 1/2 cups cabbage, shredded
• 3 garlic cloves, minced (or crushed)
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• oil (for frying)

Recipe

• 1 sauté onions, cabbage and garlic until soft.
• 2 peel and fine-grate potatoes, or dice and use a blender. the potatoes need to be a real purée. it’s ok to add water to blend, as later you must put the potatoes into a fine mesh strainer and let the water seep out.
• 3 after 2 or 3 strainings to remove excess water (takes 30 minutes or so), put potato “mud” into a bowl and add egg, salt, pepper, and flour and mix well.
• 4 add sautéed onion-cabbage mixture to potatoes, mixing well.
• 5 heat thin layer of oil in electric frypan at 300° f, drop large spoonfuls of mixture into pan and smooth out to a thin pancake about 3-4” in diameter.
• 6 cook about 5-7 minutes a side until nicely browned and crisp.
• 7 place on a paper towel lined plate, keeping warm as you do other batches.
• 8 serve with sour cream.