Potato cakes

rachbc

I freeze them - they can go straight ion the toast as pp said - BUT are even better defrosted and fried in butter ;-)

zippychick

I've merged this with the potato cakes thread
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soupdragon10

I am lucky enough to have an electric range cooker with a griddle plate (good old e-bay).

I've used it to make tortillas which it does brilliantly, but this evening I tried to make potato cakes on there and they didn't really cook as I wanted them to. They were OK, but a bit mushier than I'd hoped and I'm not sure if it's because I oiled the plate beforehand (I don't do this when cooking tortillas) or I didn't add enough flour to the potato.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

adelight

Was the heat high enough? Did you squeeze enough water out of the potato? I'd imagine the oil would have helped it crisp up.

rosie383

I've never squeezed water out of potatoes when I make potato bread! Make sure you cook your spuds well, but not mushy. Drain well, then add maybe just a wee knob of butter and some salt. Add as much flour as needed to give a decent stiff dough. Depends on the potatoes, but you would use perhaps twice as much flour as spuds IYKWIM. Roll out to about 1/2 cm thick and cook on your griddle without oil until nicely 'speckled' on both sides. Make sure when you roll them out and cut them, they are nicely floured and they shouldn't stick.
Yum!!!! Have to make some today now.

zippychick

ive mrged this with our potato cakes thread so you can see how others do it

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