Grated Potato Fritters
These potato fritters are a cozy comfort food idea that work equally well as a vegetarian appetizer, main or side dish.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 159kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb potatoes peeled, grated
- ¼ white onion grated
- 3 tablespoon flour regular or spelt flour
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 egg yolk
- pinch salt
- pinch black pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes. Grate the potatoes and onion.
- Place the grated potato and onion in a clean tea towel, and draw up the corners of the cloth. Squeeze well over the sink so the liquid runs through the cloth.
- Add the potato and onion to a large bowl, along with the other ingredients (except the olive oil). Stir well with a wooden spoon to combine.
- Drizzle the olive oil into your skillet and heat to medium. Add a small piece of the fritter batter to the skillet. Once the batter bubbles, you can begin to cook the fritters. Take 3-4 tablespoon of the fritter batter and place on the skillet. Press down with a spatula to form a fritter. If you find it easier, you can roll the batter into a ball first.
- At a medium heat, cook the fritters each side for 3-4 minutes, flipping with a spatula. Cook time will vary slightly depending upon the thickness of the fritters and heat of the skillet. As you will likely need to cook in batches, you may need to alter the heat as you cook so the middle of the fritters are cooked through but the edges do not burn.
Notes
- Squeeze the potato and onion mixture in the cloth to remove as much of the liquid as possible. Wet fritters won't stick together when cooked.
- Stir the fritter batter well so the flour and egg yolk distributes through the potato mixture.
- Make each fritter around 3-4 tablespoon of the batter. Any more and the fritters will be too thick and not cook through to the centre.
- The skillet needs to be hot before you begin to cook the fritters. Drop a small amount of the batter into the pan, and wait for it to sizzle before you start to fry the fritters.
- Adjust the heat while cooking the fritters (you will likely need to cook in batches in your skillet) so they don't burn on the edges but do cook through.
- You may need to drizzle more oil into the skillet if it becomes too dry.
- flour is not rated, but spelt scores 0 with a ? as a liberator.
- baking powder is not rated.
- garlic, which scores 1.
- black pepper, which scores 2.
Nutrition
Calories: 159kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 36mg | Potassium: 497mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 77IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 2mg