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Potato pancakes

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I took me about an hour, maybe even an hour and a half, to make them; quite a while. I used rice flour because I had no wheat flour, and I fried it in olive oil.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg potatoes
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp wheat flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • 100 ml oil for frying

Method

Grate the potatoes and the onion using the smallest holes.

Squeeze it hard in a sieve. Less water, crispier pancakes.

Mix with the egg, flour, salt and pepper into a thick batter.

Heat the oil on medium, about 2 minutes.

Fry spoonfuls, flattened, about 3 minutes a side, until golden.

Drain on paper towel.

Notes

  • Rice flour comes out even crispier, but binds worse. Use 4 tbsp instead of 3, or a second egg.
  • Olive oil is fine, but the ordinary kind, low smoke point, goes bitter. Rapeseed or sunflower if you want a neutral taste.