Potato cakes are a simple and tasty dish that any housewife can easily prepare in her kitchen. In our article we will describe the recipes in detail, and also share some of the secrets of their preparation.
Finnish flatbreads
To make this hearty and delicious dish, all you need is a baking sheet and a few simple ingredients. How to make potato cakes at home? The recipe is simple:
- Prepare 500 grams of mashed potatoes in advance and then refrigerate them.
- Sift 250 grams of wheat flour, add 100 grams of instant oatmeal and a bag of baking powder.
- Separately, beat one chicken egg with three tablespoons of melted and cooled butter, one teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of sugar.
- Combine the prepared products and knead them into dough. Cover the finished product with a towel and leave it alone for 20 minutes.
- When the required time has passed, divide the dough into ten equal parts and roll them into a circle five or ten millimeters thick. You can do this operation using a rolling pin or your hands.
- Place the potato cakes on a parchment-lined baking sheet and prick them with a fork in several places.
- Cook the dish in a preheated oven until golden brown.
You can serve the flatbreads with fish, meat or vegetables. Flatbreads also go well with cheese, ham and hot drinks.
Potato cakes with minced meat
This simple but original dish contains a minimal amount of ingredients. You can prepare potato cakes in a frying pan very simply:
- Wash ten or twelve medium-sized potatoes, peel them and grate them on a coarse grater.
- Prepare 300 grams of homemade minced meat (to do this, grind beef and pork in a meat grinder, then combine and mix the ingredients). Add chopped onion, two chicken eggs, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Also add two eggs, four tablespoons of flour, pepper and salt to the potatoes.
- Heat a frying pan, pour a little vegetable oil into it and lay out the potato cake. Place a layer of minced meat on it and cover the structure with another potato cake.
Fry the treat on both sides for seven or ten minutes - until the minced meat is cooked and the potatoes are golden brown.
Potato cakes with cheese
This filling appetizer comes together quickly and you can easily make it for snacking. We are sure that no one can resist the aroma of melted cheese, fresh herbs and crispy potato crust. Recipe of dish:
- Boil six jacket potatoes until tender, then peel them and mash them with a fork.
- Wash the dill and parsley thoroughly and finely chop them with a knife.
- Grate 80 grams of hard cheese on a fine grater.
- Combine the prepared products, add three cloves of garlic, previously passed through a press, salt to taste and mix.
- Form cakes from the prepared mixture with your hands and fry them in vegetable oil until golden brown.
Serve the mashed potato cakes as soon as they are ready.
Flavored flatbreads
Here is a recipe for which we decided to give a special taste and aroma. You can serve them as an independent dish, for example, with sour cream or as a side dish. Read the recipe for spiced potato cakes below:
- Peel and boil 500 grams of potatoes in salted water until tender.
- When it cools down, mash it and add one chicken egg.
- Add ground pepper, salt, chopped cilantro or any other spices into a bowl.
- Add 100 grams of flour to the products and mix them thoroughly.
- Divide the resulting dough into five equal parts, roll each into a ball, and then form them into flat cakes.
- Dip the pieces in flour and place them on a baking sheet, prick them with a fork, brush them with vegetable oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Bake the potato cakes until golden brown in a preheated oven.
Potato, mushroom and cheese flatbreads
This flavorful appetizer will please even the most severe culinary critic. Prepare the dough for her in the evening, and in the morning please your loved ones with a hearty and tasty breakfast. How to make potato pancakes:
- Boil four potatoes in their jackets, cool them, peel them and mash them into a puree.
- Beat a chicken egg with a teaspoon of sugar and half a teaspoon of salt. Add to them a tablespoon of sour cream and mayonnaise, a teaspoon of mustard and a spoonful of vegetable oil.
- Sift one and a half cups of flour and two teaspoons of baking powder.
- Combine the ingredients and knead into a thick dough. Leave it in the refrigerator for at least half an hour (or overnight).
- For the filling you can use any products in any proportions. For example, fry champignons with onions, finely chop the greens, and grate hard cheese and a boiled egg on a fine grater. Mix the products, add salt and any spices to them.
- Grease a baking tray with oil or line it with baking paper.
- Divide the dough into several parts, form them into flat cakes and roll them in flour. Place filling on each large mound and bake in preheated oven until done.
Serve the aromatic dish with hot tea or coffee.
Conclusion
If you liked our recipes, then try to cook delicious dishes for your family using them. We are sure that they will be satisfied and will ask you to repeat this culinary experience again and again.
Hi all! Masha Parker is with you again on the pages of Alexander Afanasyev’s author’s blog, and today I offer you a recipe for Norwegian potato cakes in the oven. I have attached step-by-step recipe instructions with clear photos.
In addition to the mind-blowing taste, amazing aroma, beautiful appearance, and ease of production, they can be beneficial for the body because they are prepared from mashed potatoes, and this vegetable contains a lot of potassium and other microelements with vitamins.
What is necessary:
1. Potatoes – 400 gr.
2. Wheat flour – 150 gr.
3. Vegetable oil – 50 ml.
4. Chicken or quail egg – 1 pc.
5. Salt – 1 tsp.
6. Poppy seed – 0.5 tsp.
7. Sesame - 0.5 tsp.
8. Flax seeds – 0.5 tsp.
Let's prepare the ingredients:
First you need to wash the potatoes, peel them and cook until tender. We lay out the rest of the products on the work surface so that it is convenient to take them.
It is advisable to sift the flour so that it is airy and enriched with oxygen - then the cakes will turn out several times tastier and more appetizing.
Let's start cooking:
1. Beat the egg, pour half of it into the finished chopped potatoes, mix.
2. Pour in vegetable oil (it’s better if it’s olive oil, but sunflower oil is also possible), salt, stir again and smoothly.
3. Knead the dough.
4. Divide into 8-10 parts. Turn each into a ball and then into a flat cake.
5. Cover a baking sheet with permanent paper and sprinkle lightly with flour. We lay out the blanks, grease the remaining half on top.
Salt, sprinkle with seeds and various spices (if desired). Preheat the oven and place a baking sheet in it for 10-15 minutes at a temperature of 220 degrees.
6. A golden brown crust has appeared - turn off the heat and cool the finished cakes slightly, now you can eat. Bon appetit!
Additional Information:
This is a traditional option, which, as always, can be changed. In the absence of a baking sheet, the flatbreads are cooked in a frying pan. Here are some ideas on how to make interesting “sweets” - using kefir, that is, simply add it to the dough and stir (usually 1-1.5 glasses is enough), cook them with meat, for example, chicken or turkey, lean pork or beef.
They are also tasty as a side dish for fish, mushroom, and vegetable dishes. You can make flatbreads with cheese, which is added both to the dough itself and used to create a tender crust. Bell peppers, various greens - basil, parsley and dill, rosemary and green onions, and cilantro are also added to the dough.
Onions and garlic, ground pepper and aromatic spices will add piquancy. Along with the cheese, you can add more seeds; it is not forbidden to use sunflower seeds, as well as some nuts or cream.
Minced meat, canned fish, cheese, zucchini, peas, pumpkin and cauliflower are also added to the dough. There are a lot of options, you can combine and create your own combinations.
The most important thing that I always recommend to my beloved readers is not to be afraid of experiences and experiments, because in them real works of art are born! For some reason, many people think that the process of cooking is a boring necessity, and this is wrong!
This can safely be called creativity, a form of art, just a pleasant hobby, but not a routine activity! Try and create!
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Potato cakes in a frying pan are a quick and tasty recipe for a snack. Potato-based baked goods have many advantages, since you can serve them as regular bread products for first courses or supplement them with delicious filling and create an unusual snack. Tomato or cream sauces will be a pleasant addition to the dish. Potato cakes can be prepared both for a picnic and for a regular meal with family.
To prepare the flatbread, you need to prepare yeast-free potato dough; it is prepared from boiled potatoes, flour, eggs and spices. You can also add chopped herbs. You can use the leftover mashed potatoes from yesterday as boiled potatoes. This is one way to recycle stale mashed potatoes. The flatbread can be rolled out either thin or fluffy. The finished flatbread can be filled with vegetables, minced meat, and mushrooms.
In Finland, similar flatbreads are prepared in the oven, but before baking, each flatbread is pricked with a fork and sprinkled with sesame seeds. Traditionally served with cream cheese.
Taste Info Bread and flatbreads
Ingredients
- Potatoes 600 g;
- Wheat flour 200 g;
- Chicken egg 1 pc.;
- Salt 1 tsp;
- Ground black pepper 0.25 tsp;
- Vegetable oil 1-2 tbsp.
How to make mashed potato pancakes in a frying pan
Wash and peel the potatoes. Cut into medium cubes for faster cooking, and rinse under water to remove starch from the root vegetable. Add water and potatoes to the pan, then add salt and cook until the potatoes are completely softened for 10-15 minutes, after boiling.
As soon as the potatoes are well softened, drain the broth. Mash the boiled potato pieces using a potato masher. You should get a homogeneous mass without lumps. Cool the prepared puree to room temperature.
Add one raw egg to the puree mixture, then beat or mix thoroughly with a spatula.
Add a little more than half of the sifted wheat flour to the potato mixture. You can add it in stages so that you do not form unnecessary flour lumps. Mix immediately with a spoon or spatula.
Add ground pepper, salt, vegetable oil. You can flavor the potato dough with different herbs, according to your desire. It can be dried or fresh dill, or parsley. Stir the spices into the potato mixture.
The dough is quite soft and sticks to your hands. Pour the other half of the flour onto the board. Use a spatula to place the ball of dough onto the flour layer. Mix lightly. Cut into 8-10 pieces and work with each separately.
Roll out with a rocker, dusting the countertop with flour. Make it small in diameter, approximately 10-15 cm, so that it is convenient to transfer to the frying pan, since the mashed potato dough is very tender.
Heat the frying pan on fire. If desired, the tortillas can be fried with or without oil, which is what we will do. Fry in a hot dry frying pan until golden brown on both sides.
Potato cakes in a frying pan are ready. Delicious to eat warm or cold. Serve and enjoy your meal!
Description
From mashed potatoes you can make delicious flatbreads according to the Finnish recipe: thin, golden. You can eat it instead of bread with a bowl of soup or a spread of cheese and garlic. You can also roll them into mini rolls, like lavash, with a variety of fillings.
You can cook these potato cakes in the oven or in a frying pan. It turns out an unusual alternative to potato pancakes or zrazy: potato pancakes. True, we thought they were a little dry, but the children devoured them with pleasure :) Especially when warm: as they cool, the flatbreads become less tasty.
Ingredients:
For 10 plate-sized pieces:
- Medium size potatoes - 5-6 pieces;
- 1 egg;
- Flour – 100g + half a glass or a little more for adding;
- Salt - half a teaspoon;
- Ground black pepper – ¼ teaspoon;
- Greenery.
Instructions:
Prepare the potato dough: after peeling the potatoes, rinse them and boil until soft; drain the broth and turn the potatoes into mashed potatoes without lumps. When the puree has cooled to lukewarm, add the egg and spices (salt, pepper). After mixing, add flour. Stir again, pour in sunflower oil and add chopped herbs. Mix thoroughly and the dough is ready!
Now let's dust the table well with flour. Take a portion of dough the size of a large potato and, constantly dipping it in flour on each side, roll it out thinner, to a thickness of 2-3 mm. Applying a plate to the cake, cut out round flatbreads in shape. Or rectangular, or square (to fit more on the baking sheet), or even in the shape of hearts!
After wrapping the cake on a rock, we transfer it to a baking sheet covered with high-quality parchment, greased with sunflower oil, or simply sprinkled with flour.
Place in the oven, preheated to 200-210C, and bake until golden. The baking time depends on the thickness of the cake: if 1-2 mm, then 10 minutes is enough; if 2-3 mm, then 15-20 minutes. Thick flatbreads turn out softer, and thin ones turn out crispy, like chips.
How nice it is to buy fluffy and soft bread in the store! However, preparing such bread at home is by no means easy: the dough did not rise and turned out tough, or even not baked at all. However, we will try to bake a beautiful and fragrant flatbread, and also add potatoes to it. Then our dough will acquire a unique aroma and will be very airy, light and satisfying. Potato cakes are an excellent addition to first and second courses; You can use them to make delicious hot sandwiches.
Recipe Information
Cuisine: Scandinavian.
Cooking method: boiling potatoes, baking in the oven.
Total cooking time: 4 hours 30 minutes
Number of servings: 3 .
Ingredients:
- potatoes – 2 pcs.
- milk – 150 ml
- refined sunflower oil – 2 tbsp.
- wheat flour – 400 g
- dry yeast – 2 tsp.
- sugar – 1 tsp.
- salt – 2 tsp.
- ground black pepper - a pinch.
Cooking method
Peel two medium potatoes and wash under running water. Place a pan of water on the fire, add a little salt and cook the potato tubers until fully cooked. Since we need mashed potatoes to prepare the potato dough, we mash the boiled potatoes using a mortar.
The next step will be preparing the dough itself. Add yeast and sugar to warm milk. Leave this mixture for 5 minutes for the yeast to react.
Sift the flour using a sieve. Add the sifted flour to the yeast liquid.
Add cooled potatoes, eggs, and sunflower oil to the total mass. You can pepper the mixture and add salt.
Now we need to knead the dough. This should be done for at least fifteen minutes so that it is saturated with oxygen and our cakes are soft and airy. It is very important to strictly follow the amount of flour indicated in the recipe. Do not hide the fact that the dough will be sticky and may be difficult to knead. In this case, it is better to lubricate your hands with sunflower oil. Roll the dough into a ball and leave it under cling film for two hours.
During this time, the yeast will take effect, and the dough will become even larger and fluffier.
Divide the finished dough into three equal pieces. Using a rolling pin, roll the pieces into small cakes.
Place the cakes on a baking sheet and again leave them to stand under a towel for 45 minutes. This point should never be skipped, otherwise the cakes will not rise and will remain flat.
Before baking, the flatbreads should be greased with vegetable oil.
After this, preheat the oven to 220 degrees and bake the cakes in it for 10 minutes. After this time, reduce the temperature to 180 degrees and bake the cakes for another 10 minutes.
As you can see, potato cakes take quite a long time to prepare, but the result is worth it!- It is unlikely that such delicate cakes will ever get boring. However, if desired, you can diversify the flavor palette by adding other ingredients to the dough: pieces of ham, mushrooms, grated cheese, chopped dill, fried onions. Garlic sauce is also suitable for these potato cakes. Experiment and enjoy. Bon appetit.
Preparation and photo: Lesya Starinskaya.