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🍽️ Crispy Potato-Onion Pancakes with Homemade Applesauce

507 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp sugar (to taste)
• 2 apples (e.g. Boskop)
• 1 piece cinnamon stick
• 1 piece untreated lemon peel
• 1 kg potatoes
• 1 onion
• 1 cup matzo meal
• 1 egg yolk
• salt
• pepper
• vegetable oil (for frying)

Instructions

1. 1. Mix the lemon juice with 100 milliliters of water in a pot.
2. 2. Add the sugar to the lemon-water mixture and bring everything to a boil.
3. 3. Peel the apples in the meantime and remove the stems and cores.
4. 4. Cut the apples into quarters and remove the core.
5. 5. Cut the apple pieces into small cubes.
6. 6. Add the apple cubes to the hot lemon syrup.
7. 7. Add the cinnamon stick and the lemon zest.
8. 8. Let everything simmer until the apple pieces become soft and start to break down.
9. 9. Remove the pot from the heat and let the sauce cool down.
10. 10. Remove the lemon zest and the cinnamon stick from the cooled sauce.
11. 11. Stir the sauce occasionally to prevent it from sticking.
12. 12. Peel the potatoes and the onion for the pancakes.
13. 13. Grate the potatoes into a bowl.
14. 14. Grate the onion directly onto the potatoes.
15. 15. Pour off the liquid released from the potato-onion mixture.
16. 16. Stir the flour and the egg yolk into the potato mixture.
17. 17. Work the ingredients into a thick mass.
18. 18. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
19. 19. Heat a little oil in a non-stick pan.
20. 20. Place a spoonful of the mixture into the hot pan.
21. 21. Spread the mixture into a small pancake.
22. 22. Fry the pancakes in batches over medium heat.
23. 23. Fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes each side.
24. 24. Keep the finished pancakes warm in the oven at 70 degrees Celsius with fan.
25. 25. Repeat the process until all pancakes are fried.
26. 26. Serve the warm pancakes with the cold applesauce.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 507
• Protein: 10 g · Fett/Fat: 13 g · Carbs: 85 g