Looking for Potato Pancakes recipes...and other frugal food ideas

[gardening momma]

Do you have a recipe for Potato Pancakes? What other frugal food items would you serve with them?

[Pretty in Pink]

I serve them with scrambled eggs and a green salad.

[Jen in PA]

I think they are tasty with quiche or leftover roast/meatloaf (somthing that already has a simple sauce or gravy is nice). I just grate potato with onion, squeeze out the liquid, and add an egg, a bit of flour, and a pinch of salt.

[abbeyej]

Potato pancakes always scream for apple sauce, as far as I'm concerned -- and apple sauce is inexpensive to make at home. :)

[Slartibartfast]

You just grate up a bunch of potatoes, grate up some onion dry them off and then throw in a little flour a teeny bit of baking soda and powder and an egg.

 

I like using zucchini in place of potatoes, add a little Parmesan to it if you like. Yum.

 

I serve them with bacon and fruit.

[gardening momma]

You just grate up a bunch of potatoes, grate up some onion dry them off and then throw in a little flour a teeny bit of baking soda and powder and an egg.

What is the baking soda and powder for?

[Pretty in Pink]

Interesting recipe there. I've never made them with grated potatoes though. Am I the only one who makes them out of mashed potatoes? I use leftover mashed potatoes, chilled or cooled to room temp, add an egg and enough flour to get the right texture, salt & pepper. Fry like pancakes. My dh's grandmother makes them with just mashed potatoes and flour and I like hers, too.

[gardening momma]

I see some posters have mentioned having them with breakfast foods--scrambled eggs, bacon, etc... I was actually thinking more along the lines of having them with supper. Would that change the way you make them?

[Slartibartfast]

What is the baking soda and powder for?

 

They are a little bit leavened, otherwise you are making hashbrowns

[Mrs Mungo]

We eat them as a lunch/dinner side dish. I like to mix grated potato, zucchini, carrot and onion. I grate them (usually 1 potato, 2 zucchini, 1/2 of a large carrot, 1/2 of a white onion is plenty), squeeze out the liquid, add seasoned bread crumbs, pressed garlic, Parmesan cheese, 1 slightly beaten egg (sometimes 2, it depends on how wet it's looking) and salt and pepper. Make sure the oil is *hot* before you start to cook them.

[Emmy]

Interesting recipe there. I've never made them with grated potatoes though. Am I the only one who makes them out of mashed potatoes? I use leftover mashed potatoes, chilled or cooled to room temp, add an egg and enough flour to get the right texture, salt & pepper. Fry like pancakes. My dh's grandmother makes them with just mashed potatoes and flour and I like hers, too.

 

 

That's how my mom made them when I was growing up. We put butter and jelly on them.

[Mandy in TN]

Dh boils and mashes the potatoes. Then, he adds eggs, salt, and lots of tumeric. Sometimes he grates in onions. He fries them in olive oil. As has been mentioned, make sure the oil is hot first.

 

The kids and I eat them with ketchup like they are giant seasoned fries. Dh eats them with flat bread, pickled veggies, plain yogurt, and whatever.

 

HTH-

Mandy

[coffeefreak]

I'm on an apple kick because our local orchard opens next week :) I love them with apple sauce, fried apples etc.

 

If you're looking for other frugal meal ideas, I LOVE this Blog www.theprudenthomemaker.com

 

It was mentioned on a thread about a month ago and I have been using some of her ideas for meals, meal planning etc.

 

Blessings!

Dorinda

[*Jessica*]

This is the recipe I always use: Kartoffelpuffer (Crispy Potato Pancakes)

 

We eat them with homemade applesauce or with sour cream. Yum, I think I'll make them this week.

[Guest Virginia Dawn]

Interesting recipe there. I've never made them with grated potatoes though. Am I the only one who makes them out of mashed potatoes? I use leftover mashed potatoes, chilled or cooled to room temp, add an egg and enough flour to get the right texture, salt & pepper. Fry like pancakes. My dh's grandmother makes them with just mashed potatoes and flour and I like hers, too.

 

What is the right texture? I made mashed potato pancakes last week and wasn't sure if the batter was supposed to be thick or the consistency of regular pancake batter. They were okay, but I'm wondering if they would have been better if I had made the batter thinner.

 

P.S. I vote for fried apples as a side dish.

[TammyinTN]

Here's the recipe I use. Yum!:D

 

German potato pancakes are a real treat and something Germans miss when they move away. Eating freshly made potato pancakes with applesauce in the out-of-doors at a weekly market or carneval is a wonderful way to do indulge. Now, you can also make them at home with this simple recipe for potato pancakes.

 

Serves 2, makes 4 large potato pancakes.

 

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

•1 lb. potatoes (about 2 medium or 3 small Russets or other starchy potato)

•1/2 onion

•3/4 - 1 tsp. salt (start with a lower amount, you can add salt at the table)

•Ground pepper

•Freshly ground nutmeg

•1 egg

•Oil for frying

Preparation:

Peel and grate potatoes. Place the grated potatoes in a clean dishcloth or cheesecloth and squeeze the liquid out of them into a bowl. Let the liquid stand a few minutes, then drain the liquid, leaving potato starch at the bottom of the bowl. Add the potatoes.

 

Grate the onion over the potatoes. Add dried onion flakes for part or all of the onion, if you like. Add salt, pepper, nutmeg and egg. Mix thoroughly.

 

Heat oil in a frying pan. You can use a non-stick pan and just a few drops of oil, if you wish, but for best results use 1/8 to 1/4 inch of oil.

 

Using about 1/2 cup, drop the potato mixture into hot oil and flatten with the back of a spoon. Fry 4-5 minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve hot with applesauce and maybe a sprinkle of cinnamon.

[runamuk]

My mom and grandma made them using mashed potatoes. We'd have them with kielbasa or another sausage and fried apples.

[hornblower]

This is the recipe I always use: Kartoffelpuffer (Crispy Potato Pancakes)

 

We eat them with homemade applesauce or with sour cream. Yum, I think I'll make them this week.

 

:iagree:That's how I make them too.

[starwarsmomma]

I'm on an apple kick because our local orchard opens next week :) I love them with apple sauce, fried apples etc.

 

If you're looking for other frugal meal ideas, I LOVE this Blog www.theprudenthomemaker.com

 

Blessings!

Dorinda

 

 

I just checked out that site== WOW! Thanks soooo much! I love that site too!

[SonshineLearner]

The jewish family that I lived with, had them with tiny green onions and a sour cream flavor inside. Personally, I prefer then with sour cream and applesauce, even for dinner:-) Bacon, if you eat that...would be good... You can do them in little ones or huge. These are "latkes" (Lat-kuz) to me, and potato pancakes... to me... are with mashed potatoes... fried:-)

Carrie:-)

[Holly in FL]

My grandmother was German...and, this is pretty close to what I remember for her recipe.

 

~Holly

[coffeefreak]

Here's the recipe I use. Yum!:D

 

German potato pancakes are a real treat and something Germans miss when they move away. Eating freshly made potato pancakes with applesauce in the out-of-doors at a weekly market or carneval is a wonderful way to do indulge. Now, you can also make them at home with this simple recipe for potato pancakes.

 

Serves 2, makes 4 large potato pancakes.

 

See larger image

 

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

•1 lb. potatoes (about 2 medium or 3 small Russets or other starchy potato)

•1/2 onion

•3/4 - 1 tsp. salt (start with a lower amount, you can add salt at the table)

•Ground pepper

•Freshly ground nutmeg

•1 egg

•Oil for frying

Preparation:

Peel and grate potatoes. Place the grated potatoes in a clean dishcloth or cheesecloth and squeeze the liquid out of them into a bowl. Let the liquid stand a few minutes, then drain the liquid, leaving potato starch at the bottom of the bowl. Add the potatoes.

 

Grate the onion over the potatoes. Add dried onion flakes for part or all of the onion, if you like. Add salt, pepper, nutmeg and egg. Mix thoroughly.

 

Heat oil in a frying pan. You can use a non-stick pan and just a few drops of oil, if you wish, but for best results use 1/8 to 1/4 inch of oil.

 

Using about 1/2 cup, drop the potato mixture into hot oil and flatten with the back of a spoon. Fry 4-5 minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve hot with applesauce and maybe a sprinkle of cinnamon.

 

I made these tonight with fried apples and bacon. YUM!!!! I had trouble keeping them together, but I don't think I got all the water out of the potatoes that I could. EVERYONE liked them, even my super picky eater.

 

As for canning, I don't think I'm going to try that this year. I would have to buy all the equipment and I can't justify that for apples one time a year. Next year, if I do the farmer's markets over the summer, I might go ahead and purchase it. I'm going to freeze a bunch of apple pie fillings, apple sauce, apple butter and fried apples. YUM!

 

Happy baking!

Dorinda

[whitestavern]

We went apple picking yesterday so made some homemade applesauce and potato pancakes tonight for dinner. YUM! We do them w/grated potatoes, eggs, flour, onion, and baking powder.

[Matryoshka]

The ones with grated potatoes my family called Reibekuchen, which are the exact same thing as Kartoffelpuffer, just a different regional name - and both are pretty much the exact same thing as latkes - except my mom always puts a piece of bacon in the middle. Yum.

 

My mom made the ones with leftover mashed potatoes too, and that's what she called potato pancakes, but we had another name for the other kind. :001_smile:

 

Okay, I admit I had no idea I was supposed to put something in to the leftover mashed potato kind - I just made little patties and fried them. I'm supposed to add egg? I admit mine didn't hold together well... I was just trying to re-heat the potatoes (and I didn't call my mom to check how she did it - I figured how complicated can it be??)

[sunshine]

We eat them as a lunch/dinner side dish. I like to mix grated potato, zucchini, carrot and onion. I grate them (usually 1 potato, 2 zucchini, 1/2 of a large carrot, 1/2 of a white onion is plenty), squeeze out the liquid, add seasoned bread crumbs, pressed garlic, Parmesan cheese, 1 slightly beaten egg (sometimes 2, it depends on how wet it's looking) and salt and pepper. Make sure the oil is *hot* before you start to cook them.

 

how do you squeeze out the liquid? in a collander or paper towels?

[sunshine]

We went apple picking yesterday so made some homemade applesauce and potato pancakes tonight for dinner. YUM! We do them w/grated potatoes, eggs, flour, onion, and baking powder.

 

how do you make applesauce? the quick version or should I say the kid friendly version?

[Truscifi]

I didn't read all the replies, so this might have already been suggested - I serve them with applesauce and kielbasa. Also I usually make them with grated potatoes (which is traditional), but if I have leftover mashed potatoes I will use them instead.

[gardening momma]

I haven't re-read all the replies, but does anyone not serve them with apples or applesauce? I think I'd rather not (I don't usually like to mix sweet & savory).