Savory Potato Pancakes - Latkes
This side dish will be your new favorite! Garlicky potatoes that are fried.. yep, really tasty!
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs potatoes
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup hot milk
- 6 cloves of garlic (freshly pressed)
- 1 tbsp majoram (dried)
- 1 tsp caraway seeds (crushed)
- 2 tsps Lowry's salt seasoning - regular salt would be ok too
- Avocado oil and grassfed butter for frying
Directions:
- Peel potatoes and finely grate them. Let them sit for a couple of minutes and drain the excess water.
- Heat the milk until it gets hot and pour over the grated potatoes, stir.
- Important step.. garlic. It has to be fresh, no tube, no jar, no powder.. fresh garlic makes this dish amazing. Peel and press garlic.
- Add garlic, flour, eggs, marjoram, caraway seeds and salt. Stir to combine.
- Heat up cast iron pan, let it warm up and drizzle little bit of avocado oil and little bit of butter.
- Scoop 1/4 cup of batter and pour into the pan. Use a spatula to flatten the pancake.
- Fry for about 2-3 minutes on each side on medium/low heat.
- Serve quickly while still crispy and warm.
Notes:
- Caraway seeds should be in your pantry. Next time you are making mashed potatoes, put a little bit of caraway seeds into the pot while boiling the potatoes. You would be surprised how much flavor that will add to your mashed potatoes.
