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🍽️ Crispy Potato Pancakes with Homemade Apple Sauce
507 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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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. Mix the lemon juice with 100 milliliters of water in a pot.
- 2. Add the sugar to the lemon-water mixture and bring everything to a boil.
- 3. Peel the apples in the meantime and remove the stems and cores.
- 4. Cut the apples into quarters and then into small cubes.
- 5. Add the apple cubes to the hot lemon syrup.
- 6. Add the cinnamon stick and the lemon zest.
- 7. Let the mixture simmer until the apple pieces become soft and start to break down.
- 8. Remove the pot from the heat and let the sauce cool down.
- 9. Remove the cinnamon stick and the lemon zest from the cooled sauce.
- 10. Stir the sauce occasionally to prevent it from sticking.
- 11. Peel the potatoes and the onion for the pancakes.
- 12. Grate the potatoes finely into a bowl.
- 13. Grate the onion into the same bowl as well.
- 14. Pour off the liquid that has been released from the potato-onion mixture.
- 15. Stir the flour and the egg yolk into the potato mixture.
- 16. Work the ingredients into a thick, homogeneous mass.
- 17. Season the mixture with salt and pepper to taste.
- 18. Heat a little oil in a non-stick pan.
- 19. Place a spoonful of the mixture into the hot pan.
- 20. Press the mixture flat to form a small pancake.
- 21. Fry the pancakes in batches over medium heat.
- 22. Fry each pancake for about 2 to 3 minutes on each side until golden brown.
- 23. Keep the finished pancakes warm in the oven at 70 degrees Celsius with convection.
- 24. Repeat the frying process until all pancakes are done.
- 25. Serve the warm pancakes together with the apple sauce.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 507
- Protein: 10 g · Fett/Fat: 13 g · Carbs: 85 g