Draniki
Belarus's golden potato pancakes: finely grated potatoes with onion, fried in pork fat until lacy-crisp, served with sour cream — or stuffed and baked as a 'sorcerer's' version.
What it is
Belarus's golden potato pancakes: finely grated potatoes with onion, fried in pork fat until lacy-crisp, served with sour cream — or stuffed and baked as a 'sorcerer's' version. Ingredients: potatoes, onion, egg, flour (a little), salt, pork fat or oil, sour cream; stuffed version: minced pork, mushrooms. Recipe: 1) Grate potatoes and onion very fine; drain the liquid but keep the starch. 2) Stir in egg, starch and salt. 3) Fry thin spoonfuls in hot fat until deep gold and crisp at the edges. 4) For kolduny-style, wrap the batter around a meat filling. Serve: in stacks with smetana, machanka sauce, or a mushroom gravy. Flavor: crisp, oniony, potato-sweet. History: potatoes ('bulba') are so central that Belarusians call themselves bulbashi; draniki are the nation's most beloved plate. See also: Machanka, Potato Babka.
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