Czech potato pancakes

  • Vegetarian
  • Lactose free

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch
  • Good for dinner

Less suited as a snack.

Pancakes of finely grated raw potato with egg, garlic, marjoram and caraway, fried in oil. 4 servings of 3 pancakes (about 12 in total), a meal on their own.

4 servingsFinal yield 1,060 g

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Ingredients

  • 1,000 gPOTATO, PEELED
  • 110 gEGG WITHOUT SHELL
  • 120 gFLOUR, WHEAT FLOUR, SEMI-COARSE
  • 4 clovesGARLIC
  • 1 15 ml tablespoonOREGANO, DRIED
  • 0.5 5 ml teaspoonPEPPER, BLACK PEPPER
  • 1 5 ml teaspoonSALT, AVERAGE
  • 0.25 5 ml teaspoonPEPPER, BLACK PEPPER
  • 67.5 gSUNFLOWER OIL

Method

  1. Finely grate the potatoes and squeeze out a little of the liquid (keep the starch that settles in the dough).
  2. Add the eggs, crushed garlic, marjoram, caraway, salt, pepper and flour and mix to a thick batter.
  3. Heat a layer of oil in a frying pan, spread the batter into thin pancakes and fry for 3–4 minutes per side until golden, adding oil as needed. Drain on kitchen paper.

Recipe tradition

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
1,962.9 kcal
Protein
47.9 g
Fat
81 g
Carbohydrate
247.1 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
274.9 g
Fibre (Fineli)
15.6 g
Saturated fatty acids
10.7 g
Sodium
2,649.1 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
6.6 g

Per serving

Energy
490.7 kcal
Protein
12 g
Fat
20.2 g
Carbohydrate
61.8 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
68.7 g
Fibre (Fineli)
3.9 g
Saturated fatty acids
2.7 g
Sodium
662.3 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
1.7 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
185.2 kcal
Protein
4.5 g
Fat
7.6 g
Carbohydrate
23.3 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
25.9 g
Fibre (Fineli)
1.5 g
Saturated fatty acids
1 g
Sodium
249.9 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.62 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • Some ingredient quantities use documented estimates or household-measure assumptions.
  • Some specific ingredients are represented by the closest generic food with the same culinary function.
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Gluten, Egg

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • THL Fineli (20.0) · Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos (THL), Fineli · CC BY 4.0