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[madbaker]

Since bonacorsi and I will be in London and Germany next week, here's a Special Resolution Recipe to tide you over. I know you'd miss it otherwise.
This Next week's Resolution Recipe: Cabbage and Potato Pancakes. We looked at this and thought "Non-kosher latkes! Let's have them with a pork roast!"

1/2 head small green cabbage (I used purple because it was from the CSA box)
4 large potatoes, peeled and grated
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 eggses
3/4 cup milk
salt and pepper to taste (Note: a lot of salt helps.)
small bunch parsley, chopped (I used basil, see CSA note above)
vegetable or olive oil

Quarter the cabbage and steam for 6-7 minutes. Drain and chop finely. Mash with potatoes and onion and mix well. Beat the eggs and milk; add to cabbage moosh. Add rest and refrigerate for one hour.

Using a crepe pan, heat 1 Tbsp oil each time to low-medium and pour in 1/8 of mixture. Flatten evenly with a spatula and cook over medium heat until the pancake turns brown at the bottom. Turn over carefully and continue cooking. Slide onto warmed platter and repeat.

What worked: Um, it used up some CSA ingredients.

What didn't: Not being Jewish*, I'm not as familiar with the latke cooking process. The first couple batches were too thick (and thus liquidy) and didn't cook on the bottom - they became hash. The last half or so worked better, although they never stayed coherent pancakes.

Also, they just weren't that interesting. The pork shoulder was far better.

Will I make it again? Doubtful.

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* Some years back, a Jewish cow-orker approached me and asked if I was as sick of potato pancakes as she was. "Um, no?" I responded. "Aren't you Jewish?" "Um, no?"
...apparently, she mistook knowledge for observance: I knew enough not to wish her a Happy Yom Kippur.

Comments

[ldyanna.livejournal.com]

They probably needed some garlic!!!

I have never had much luck getting potato pancakes to stick together when I cook them either.