Potato pancake
Potato pancakes, potato buffer, potato pancakes, potato pancakes, potato cookies, Dotsch, potato pancakes or potato pancakes is a way of preparation for potato and a traditional dish of regional cuisines in Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bukovina, Luxembourg, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and Austria.
Ingredients
Main ingredient of potato pancakes are peeled, raw potatoes, which are rubbed raw. The mass is then easily expressed and mixed with egg and flour to make a thin batter. The seasoned with salt and nutmeg dough is then fried in hot fat to flat cakes.
Variants
Recipe variations with the addition of oatmeal, onions, diced bacon, low-fat curd, buttermilk, garlic, marjoram, parsley, smoked salmon or other things are known.
In Ukraine, the Deruny called potato pancakes are filled prior to frying with meat, ham, cheese or mushrooms and other vegetables.
Trimmings
Depending on the region potato pancakes are eaten along with other sweet or savory ingredients. Widely used it to eat them with applesauce or sugar. In the Bergische Land, in the cathedral country and the Rhineland they are placed on buttered brown bread or eaten with beet, apple butter or jam. In Bavaria it also takes sauerkraut as a side dish, in parts of the Saarland, in the northern Rhineland -Palatinate and Hesse in a soup of green beans.
Gastronomy
In the traditional gastronomy of the Rhineland is Friday - as habitually meatless day - often the so-called Reibekuchentag. Potato pancake stalls are there traditional part of Christmas markets and the funfair. In some places, potato pancakes are also part of special potato festivals ( for example, in Kottenheim, Schlettau, Wülfrath and the "Great Tuber " Potato Festival in Ibbenbüren ).
In classical haute cuisine, the eggs used in the preparation are separated and lifted the stiffly beaten egg whites into the mixture. There is called potato pancakes with unseparated eggs as pancakes ( Galette de pommes de terre ).
Convenience Food
As a convenience food pre-cooked frozen potato pancakes are available in grocery stores. Furthermore, there is usually to buy sulfurized Fertigteig or dry powder. Lately also completed pre-cooked potato pancakes come on the market that are about seven to ten days long shelf life in the refrigerator.
Regional designations
Regional are (or were in eastern Germany ) numerous other designations usual:
Regional variants or related food
- Dibbelabbes
- Döppekooche
- Grimaces
- Klitscher
- Latkes
- Pillekuchen
- Rösti
- Pickert
- Riewekooche