Potato cakes (or Swiss rösti)

Basic ingredients : potato + egg + onion
With cooking in the pan
Cooking time a few minutes for each cake

Ingredients (for about 4 people)

• 4 mealy potatoes (agria or bintje)
• 1 tablespoon of flour
• 1 tablespoon of neutral oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 onion
• 2 pinches of salt and pepper

THE RECEIPT

• Peel the potatoes and grate them. Squeeze the potatoes between your hands to remove as much juice as possible
• Peel the onion and finely chop it
• Mix the potatoes, the onions and add the eggs and theflour for consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
• Heat a little oil in a large frying pan
• Using a large spoon, place several piles in the pan. Flatten them into a patty.
• Turn the patties several times to ensure even cooking
• When they are golden and colored (but soft in the middle), place them on a paper towel and serve with a green salad

TIPS

1 - You can add small lardons to the preparation. Or chopped parsley
2 - Prepare them in advance. You can heat them up in a frying pan at the last minute (not in the microwave, they would get all soft)
3 - A horse roast: for a more complete dish, serve it with a fried egg on top
4 - Choose organic potatoes
5 - Some recipes recommend pre-cooking the potatoes (they must be firm to the core)

OTHER COOL RECIPES

• Tuna croquettes (by Laurent Mariotte)
• The zucchini pancakes (from Victorine of the Coffee Shop Villa Gypsy in Trouville-sur-mer),