Best 6 German Potato Pancakes Recipes

GERMAN POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat together eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper. Mix in potatoes and onion.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. In batches, drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the potato mixture into the skillet. Press to flatten. Cook about 3 minutes on each side, until browned and crisp. Drain on paper towels.

GERMAN POTATO PANCAKES - KARTOFFELPUFFER

Steps:

• Peel and grate potatoes (or use frozen or refrigerated hashbrowns). Place the grated potatoes in a clean dishcloth or cheesecloth and squeeze the liquid out of them into a bowl. Let the liquid stand a few minutes, then drain the liquid, leaving potato starch at the bottom of the bowl. Add the potatoes.
• Grate the onion over the potatoes. Add dried onion flakes for part or all of the onion, if you like. Add salt, pepper, nutmeg and egg. Mix thoroughly.
• Heat oil in a frying pan. You can use a non-stick pan and just a few drops of oil, if you wish, but for best results use 1/8 to 1/4 inch of oil.
• Using about 1/2 cup, drop the potato mixture into hot oil and flatten with the back of a spoon. Fry 4-5 minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve hot with applesauce and maybe a sprinkle of cinnamon.

REIBEKUCHEN (GERMAN POTATO PANCAKES)

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and finely grate. Set grated potatoes onto a clean kitchen towel, twist to close, and press most of the liquid out of the potatoes, leaving only a little moisture.
• Mix pressed potatoes, onion, egg, and oats in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a large skillet. Shape small potato pancakes with 2 spoons out of the potato mixture and set into the hot oil. Bake in batches until browned, 3 to 5 minutes per side, adding more oil as necessary. Drain on paper towels before serving.

POTATO PANCAKES W/KATENSPECK AND CHEESE (GERMAN)

Steps:

• Coarsely grate potatoes & squeeze dry w/your hands or a colander, pressing down w/the back of a ladle.
• Place in a bowl w/the grated onion & mix in the flour. Add salt, some freshly ground black pepper + herbs & set aside.
• In a lrg non-stick fry pan, fry chopped ham till crisp. Remove ham from pan, but leave rendered fat in pan. Stir crisped ham + cheese into the potato mixture.
• Heat 1 tbsp canola oil w/the rendered fat. When hot, drop in a rounded tbsp of potato mixture & flatten w/the back of a spoon to a round shape or as neatly as you can.
• Fry for 2-3 min over med-heat till golden brown & flip to cook the other side. Repeat w/the mixture in batches. Top up the oil as needed & make sure it is hot b4 frying ea batch. Drain on paper towels, keep uncovered in a warm oven till all batches are cooked & then have a feast.
• NOTE RE CHEESE: Suggested ideal subs for Emmenthal are: American Swiss cheese, Raclette, Gruyère, Jarlsberg & Alpine Lace from Wisconsin.
• NOTE RE YIELD & TIMES: # of servings was shown, but not the yield. Since the pancakes are cooked in batches & w/o the yield, the cooking time was entirely guesstimated.

KARTOFFELPUFFER (GERMAN POTATO PANCAKES) #SP5

Steps:

• Grate the onion on the large section of a box grater into a bowl to retain the onion juice.
• Add the Simply Potato hash browns, Mix in the eggs, sprinkle 1 Tablespoon Flour and 1/2 Teaspoon Garlic Powder.
• Drop 1 Heaping tablespoon Hash browns into medium hot skillet with 8 tablespoons of oil. Spread outward to create a cake about only 1/16" thickness-do not crowd skillet. Crisp the bottom about 3 minutes, flip and cook about 2 minutes.
• Drain on paper towel; keep warm on wire rack in warm oven as you cook additional batches.

FLUFFY GERMAN POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• Grate the potatoes.
• I do two on the very fine side and one on the coarser side for the best texture.
• They may turn brown.
• Squeeze out the excess liquid.
• Grate the onion on the finest side and add.
• Stir in the rest of the ingredients.
• Heat a generous amount of oil (about a half inch deep) in a heavy skillet.
• Drop the mixture in by spoonfuls.
• The tops will get slightly drier and you will see browned edges.
• When this happens flip the pancakes CAREFULLY.
• Serve on their own, or with applesauce or sour cream.