Norm's Potato Cakes

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 3 -4 potatoes
• 1 onion
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon plain flour (all purpose)
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 teaspoon dried herbs (optional)
• 1 pinch nutmeg (optional) or 1 pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
• 1/2 cup grated cheese (optional)
• 1 (125 g) can sweet corn, drained (optional)

Recipe

• 1 peel and grate the potatoes and the onion into a small mixing bowl.
• 2 (i use the grating blade of my food processor but grating by hand works just as well.) stir in the egg and the flour.
• 3 if the batter looks to runny add a little more flour- if it is too dry, add a splash of milk.
• 4 season well with pepper and salt and any other optional ingredients.
• 5 melt oil and butter together in a medium frypan and heat until sizzling.
• 6 you can now add the batter in one of two ways: dad's method- add spoonfuls of batter to the pan to form circles about 8-10cm (4 inches) in diameter.
• 7 cook for about 5 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
• 8 cook in batches of 2 or 3 and keep warm on a plate in an oven set on a low temperature.
• 9 my method- tip all of the batter into the frypan and flatten it out with the back of a spoon so that it fills the whole pan evenly.
• 10 cook on one side for about 5 minutes then invert a dinner plate over the top of the pan and tip the potato cake onto the plate.
• 11 now, simply slide the cake back into the pan and cook on the other side for about 5 minutes.
• 12 when both sides are cooked, invert the potato cake onto the plate again and cut it into wedges.
• 13 serve topped with mayonnaise, sour cream or ranch dressing and chopped chives or chopped green onions.