Grated potato cakes

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 6 potatos cakes, you will need:

• 1 350 g potatoes
• 2 1 Egg
• 3 1 tablespoon flour
• 4 salt
• 5 pepper
• Total weight: 425 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
35 min.	5 min.	40 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Peel 350 g potatoes and rinse.
2	Grate the potatoes fairly coarsly.
3	Transfer the grated potatoes to colander or strainer and rinse thoroughly (the water running through the potatoes should be clear). Drain thoroughly.
4	Dry the potatoes on a tea towel.
5	Tip the potatoes into a bowl, salt and pepper, then add 1 Egg.
6	Mix well.
7	Add 1 tablespoon flour and mix again.
8	Shape the potato cakes to the size you prefer, but do not pack them too tightly. It is best to use a dessert ring about 8 cm (3 inches) in diameter to keep the cake neat and round. I advise you to make all the cakes on a baking sheet and to freeze uncooked any you will not be using immediately.
9	Fry the potato cakes...
10	...until golden brown all over.
11	They can also be pan fried: place the dessert ring in the oiled pan and shape the potato cakes...
12	...directly in the pan.
13	Fry until browned on both sides.

Remarks

It is really important to rinse the potatoes thoroughly after grating to remove the starch which would otherwise make the cakes stick during cooking.

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