Placki ziemniaczane
Grated raw potato and onion bound with egg and a little flour, fried in thin cakes until lacy and crisp.
What makes it placki ziemniaczane
- Raw potato, finely grated, with its liquid squeezed out.
- Onion, egg, a spoonful of flour.
- Fried thin in plenty of fat, crisp at the edges.
Where it comes from
Cheap, quick and loved, they're made wherever potatoes are the everyday staple — cousins of German Reibekuchen and Jewish latkes. In Poland they're eaten with sour cream, or sprinkled with sugar, or smothered in goulash.
How it varies
- Placek po węgiersku
- 'Hungarian-style' — one big pancake folded over goulash.
- With sugar
- Sweet, the way many children eat them.
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