Recipes
Potato Pancakes a la Young Housewife
From potatoes Slovaks will not make only mashed potato or French fries like the rest of the world; they will use it to prepare many different fancy meals. František Janata reveals to Vegeta’s cuisine a recipe for potato pancakes.
| Preparation time | 40 min |
|---|---|
| Demanding |  |
| Energetic value | 551 kcal / 2303 kJ |
| Table of nutritive values | |
Ingredients
 | 4 — 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 kg | potato |
| 200 g | wheat flour soft milled |
| 200 ml | milk |
| 100 ml | mineral water |
| 2 | eggs |
| 250 g | semi-durable salami – šunkerica |
| 2 | cloves garlic |
| salt | |
| parsley | |
| frying oil | |
| 1 tablespoon | Vegeta |
Preparation
- Peel the potatoes, grate finely and drain.
- Add flour, milk and salami cut into thin strips.
- Stir in scrambled eggs, some salt, pepper, chopped parsley, pressed garlic and Vegeta. Add mineral water in the end.
- Add some oil into the pan and spread the prepared mixture evenly in the shape of a pancake. Bake the pancakes on both sides until they get golden yellow colour.
Serving
These tasty potato pancakes (palacke) you can serve with various salads or sautéed cabbage in winter periods.
Advice
In the Slovak cuisine it is accustomed to prepare these kinds of pancakes and stuff them with different kinds of finely chopped sautéed meat, but in that case you will prepare them without ham.
Little secret
In the beginning fry the pastry on lower temperatures and increase as necessary.
Nutritional values
Energetic and nutritional values have been calculated per meal.
| Nutrient | Unit of measurement | Quantity | RDA (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women* | men* | |||
| Total proteins | g | 17,22 | - | - |
| Total carbohydrates | g | 62,39 | - | - |
| Total fat | g | 25,89 | - | - |
| Diet fibres | g | 4,00 | - | - |
| Cholesterol | mg | 96,75 | - | - |
| Vitamin A | IU | 149,15 | 4 | 3 |
| Vitamin C | mg | 23,55 | 31 | 26 |
| Vitamin D | IU | 37,29 | 19 | 19 |
| Vitamin E | IU | 12,20 | 55 | 55 |
| Calcium | mg | 74,61 | 7 | 7 |
| Phosphor | mg | 243,34 | 30 | 30 |
| Potassium | mg | 892,80 | 24 | 24 |
| Sodium | g | 1,00 | 0 | 0 |
* RDA is based on daily intake for women of 2000 kcal, for men 2900 kcal, from 25 to 50 years of age. (Data source: DRI reports - Macronutrients, Elements, Vitamins, www.nap.edu; Genesis R&D and Podravka d.d.)
