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🍽️ Crispy Potato Patties with Matjes Salad

412 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 Matjes fillets
• 0.25 cucumber
• 1 onion
• 1 small sour apple
• 1 gherkin
• 1 tbsp mustard
• 1 tbsp chopped dill tips
• 60 g sour cream
• 700 g sweet potatoes
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• nutmeg
• 1 tbsp potato starch
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 tbsp soft butter
• 4 tbsp whipping cream
• ghee (for frying)
• 150 g yogurt
• 2 tbsp chopped dill tips
• 2 tbsp whipping cream
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• apple slice
• dill
• watercress

Instructions

1. 1. Drain the matjes (smoked herring).
2. 2. Chop the matjes finely.
3. 3. Peel the cucumber, onion, and apple.
4. 4. Cut the cucumber and apple in half.
5. 5. Remove the seeds from the halves.
6. 6. Dice the cucumber, apple, and onion finely.
7. 7. Drain the gherkins.
8. 8. Dice the gherkins finely.
9. 9. Mix the matjes, vegetables, and gherkins in a bowl.
10. 10. Stir in the mustard, sour cream, and chopped dill tips.
11. 11. Peel the potatoes.
12. 12. Boil the potatoes in salted water for about 20 minutes.
13. 13. Drain the potatoes.
14. 14. Let the potatoes cool down slightly.
15. 15. Press the potatoes through a potato ricer into a large bowl.
16. 16. Stir in the starch, egg yolk, butter, cream, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
17. 17. Dust your work surface with flour.
18. 18. Shape the dough into a long roll.
19. 19. Cut off slices with a thickness of about 2 cm.
20. 20. Fry the patties in hot butter on both sides over medium heat.
21. 21. Fry them for about 3 to 4 minutes each.
22. 22. Fry them until golden brown and cooked through.
23. 23. Whisk all ingredients for the yogurt sauce together well.
24. 24. Adjust the seasoning of the yogurt sauce to taste.
25. 25. Plate the potato patties and the matjes salad.
26. 26. Serve with the yogurt sauce.
27. 27. Garnish the dish with apple slices, watercress, and dill.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 412
• Protein: 14 g · Fett/Fat: 22 g · Carbs: 37 g