Potato Pancakes

Ingredients

• 3 lbs. of raw potatoes
• 1 large sour apple, peeled and grated
• 3- — 4 eggs
• 1% cupfuls of flour
• % tsp. of grated onion
• 1 pinch of pepper
• Enough lard for baking
• % tbsp. of salt

Method

1. 1

   The raw potatoes are peeled, washed and put into cold water.

2. 2

   Take out of the water and grate quickly.

3. 3

   Drain off the water that collects on the grated potatoes, mix them with the yolks of eggs, flour, pepper, salt, apple, onion and lastly with the beaten whites of eggs.

4. 4

   Heat the lard and bake 3 to 4 thin pancakes in the pan at once.

5. 5

   They must be baked brown and crisp.

6. 6

   The dish or plate on which they are served, should not be covered.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of German cooking and baking (1922) by Lina Wachtelborn Meier, page 85. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

POTATO PANCAKES. Quantity for 6 Persons. 3 lbs. of raw potatoes 1 large sour apple, peeled and 3- — 4 eggs grated 1% cupfuls of flour % tsp. of grated onion 1 pinch of pepper Enough lard for baking % tbsp. of salt

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