Today we traveled to Chattanooga to visit the Tennessee Aquariam. Nina’s children, Katia, Viktor, Nick, and myself were ravenous when we got back to Huntsville. Once again, Nina came to the rescue at suppertime with her DEELICIOUS and DEELIGHTFUL potato pancakes. Here is the recipe:
NINA’S DELICIOUS POTATO PANCAKES OR KARTOFELNIYE BLINI
5 medium-sized potatoes, peeled and chopped into eighths (To make it easier for the blender or food processor to puree them)
1/2 cup diced onion
Put the above ingredients in a blender. Also crack 2 eggs into this mixture and add 1/2 Tablespoon salt.
Puree these ingredients until there are no potato and onion lumps.
Pour this mixture into a bowl and add 3 level Tablespoons of flour and mix all the ingredients together.
Cover the bottom of the pan with vegetable oil, just enought to coat the pan, and heat the oil.
Ladle 1 Tablespoon of the potato pancake mixture into the pan. When edges of the pancakes are brown, turn and flip over the pancakes until the other side is golden brown.
Recoat the pan with vegetable oil, between batches of pancakes.
Nina’s family tradition is to always eat potato pancakes with sour cream. Pour maple syrup on my pancakes. My husband loves them with plum butter or jam. A very fun part of the evening was sampling the Kartofelniye Blini with different toppings that we had never tried and expanding our culinary repertoire.
Adam and I thank Nina from the bottom of our hearts for the tasty meals she lovingly prepares for us. Bon Appetit indeed!
KARTOFELNIYE BLINI
