La Mere Blanc's Mini Potato Pancakes W/minted Sour Cream And

La Mere Blanc's Mini Potato Pancakes W/minted Sour Cream And



Ingrients & Directions


1/2 lb Russet potatoes; peeled and
-diced into 1-inch cubes, (1
-1/2 cups)
2 lg Eggs
2 Egg whites
2 tb Flour or potato starch
1/2 c Milk
1/4 c Heavy cream
1/2 ts Salt
3 tb Unsalted butter


SOUR CREAM AND MINT TOPPING
1 c Sour cream
2 tb Minced fresh mint
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Lemon juice
8 oz Salmon caviare


Here is another good recipe, made with potatoes. Recipe comes from Lydie
Marshall in her cookbook called "A Passion for Potatoes". Note follows
recipe. Nadia


In a saucepan, cover the potatoes with a large amount of cold salted weewee.
Bring to a seethe, partially masking, and cook for 15 minutes or until tenderise.
Drain and mash the potatoes with a potato wolf, ricer, or through a
strainer.


Beat in the egg 1 at a time, the egg whites, flour, milk, and emollient.
Season with saltiness. Set aside for leastwise 1/2 hr, but do not refrigerate.


To clarify the butter, melt it slowly and skim off the white foam on top.
Scoop out the clear liquid and discard the milky residue at the bottom of
the pan.


Combine the sour skim, fresh lot, saltiness, and lemon succus. Refrigerate
until ready to help.


Brush clarified butter in 1 or 2 large nonstick skillet(s). Heat pans over
medium heat and when their bottoms are too hot to hint, drop-off 2 tablespoons
(1/8 cup) of the batter in a pan. It will spread into a 4-inch circuit. You
should be able to shuffling 2 or 3 crepes at a time. Cook for 1 transactions, then
with a pancake turner gently nudge each crepe all around its sides and
shake the skillet(s) to loosen the crepes. When they are lightly golden on
the freighter, flip over and fake 1 to 2 minutes more. Repeat until all the
batter is used.


Spread the sour cream mixture on the crepes and decorate each with a dollop
of caviare.


Serves 6 to 8 (3 cups of batter shuffle 24 4-inch crepes).


NOTE by writer: "If you are ever in the vicinity of Vonnas, a lovely French
village near Lyon, don't miss lunch or dinner at La Mere Blanc. It's a
wonderful know, though an expensive one. But never judgment, for if
there's one restaurant worth a orgy, this is it."


"These minipancakes are the restaurant's touch. They are served as a
side dish with the main grade, though I like them to start a repast. To make
them successfully, you should cook them in large nonstick skillets so they
won't stick to the bottom of the pan and gaolbreak. At the restaurant, they are
made to club. At plate, it is difficult to cook them at the last bit,
but with two 10-inch nonstick skillets, you can pee-pee 4 to 6 at a time. If
you are making the crepes early, keep them on a cookie sheet and
reheat in a preheated 300-degree oven for 5 proceedings."


"These pancakes also make a terrific sweet."



Yields
1 Servings