Celeste's Potato Cakes
Serves 6
The is my grandmother's recipe. I love these served with smoked salmon
3 large baking potatoes
1/4 cup grated white onion
1 egg
3 tablespoon flour
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Tools: spatula and tongs, paper towels,
Peel potatoes and grate them in large bowl. Grate onion into same bowl and add egg, flour, and
and season with salt and pepper to taste. Heat oil in skillet on high heat until it shimmers.
Caution here, when you add the potato mixture to the pan, the oil with crackle and spatter. I
stand as far back as I can from the pan while fry cooking. Maintaining a high heat in the pan you
are frying with will help prevent the food from absorbing too much oil. This applies to
whatever you are frying.
Very carefully add scoops of potato mixture into pan but do not crowd the pan. If using a
large pan, cook no more than 4 patties at one time. When the potatoes and golden brown on
the bottom, use the spatula to lift and unstick the pattie from the pan, then use the tongs to flip
it over to the other side to cook. I found this is the safest way to turn these patties over with
minimal splatter of oil and the dangers of fire. When patty is finished cooking place on plate
that is covered with paper towel to absorb oil and then place patty in heated oven on baking
sheet to keep warm and finish cooking inside while other patties are still cooking.
