It is unlikely that you have met at least one person in your life who has never tried potato pancakes in his life. This original Russian dish is popular to this day, and modern housewives have come up with many variations of the classic recipe with the addition of various ingredients. For example, would you like to try pancakes with cheese? Or with garlic sauce?

Almost any product to your taste can be added to your favorite pancakes, rarely such experiments turn out to be a failure.

Potato pancakes with cheese

Thanks to the addition of cheese, potato pancakes acquire a more delicate, creamy taste and a soft, viscous consistency.

To prepare them you will need:

• potatoes - 600 gr.;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• onions - 1-2 pcs. (depending on size);
• flour - 3-4 tbsp. l .;
• vegetable oil - 40-50 gr.;
• hard cheese - 100 gr. (optionally more);
• salt, black pepper and other seasonings to taste.

A little about choosing products:

It is advisable to purchase potatoes with less starch. Tubers of such a vegetable, as a rule, have a more yellow color. Or the young potato is perfect, in the process of frying it will get a softer texture, and you will get rid of the taste of starch in the dish.

Cheese is better to take the one that smells best and tastes better. It makes no sense to spend money on “Parmesan” when you like ordinary cream cheese more. You can try happiness with cream cheese, but this is for very specific gourmets, not everyone likes it.

Onions in this dish are needed to neutralize the darkening of potatoes. Many housewives neglect its addition, and as a result, a shapeless, gray mass is obtained in the pan, which strives to decompose.

And, finally, seasonings: this is of course a matter of taste, but you can’t come up with a better combination than red and black peppers for potato pancakes. Any cheese dish as a whole dispenses with seasoning - the creamy smell itself is very saturated.

Cooking

Rinse the potatoes, peel, grate on a coarse or fine grater. If desired, juice can be drained from it, or liquid can be left for “juiciness”. It is better to grate the peeled prepared onion on a fine grater to get a puree from which you can drain the excess juice. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

Important! Grated potatoes must be combined with all the ingredients immediately so that it does not have time to darken.

In a plastic bowl, mix onions, potatoes, eggs, add cheese, salt, pepper and seasonings. The flour is laid last, after which the mass is mixed. By consistency, it should resemble oily sour cream.

For frying, you will need either a cast-iron skillet or with a non-stick coating. Before frying, heat the oil in a pan, then put the fritters with a spoon and fry on both sides.

The amount of oil may vary from personal preference: for “fry” fritters, add more oil, while the thickness of the fritters should be left within half a centimeter - this is the “golden mean”.

If you add less oil, and the pancakes should be made thinner, otherwise they just will not bake, but eating half-baked potatoes is not a pleasant pleasure.

Ham and cheese pancakes

In classic cheese pancakes, you can add a little ham. The recipe for this does not change much, just ham is added to the remaining components, cut into small cubes.

It turns out very tasty "meat" pancakes with ham and cheese, in which dill and a little garlic are also added at will.

This dish can be decorated in the form of a large potato pancake stuffed with cheese and ham. To do this, separately you need to mix the onions, potatoes, egg and flour, while receiving a steeper dough. Separately combine the grated cheese and diced vespin, if desired, a little dill or parsley, after which the resulting filling is wrapped in potato dough and fry on both sides over low heat until golden brown. The resulting potato pancake goes well with sour cream sauce, ketchup or mayonnaise.

Recipe for pancakes with sausage and cheese

Add a little "home" taste to potato pancakes will help ordinary boiled sausage. Again, such pancakes are prepared in the same way as potato pancakes with cheese, just in the process of kneading the dough sausage is added.

You can use smoked or boiled sausage, or the same meat. Cut the meat products or grate, then mix with the rest, fry the resulting pancakes in the usual way.

Rice pancakes with cheese

Lovers of cream cheese can please themselves with the preparation of rice pancakes. In fact, adding rice gives few advantages: it tastes imperceptible, but is visible in section and enriches the dish with calcium.

For cooking you will need:

• potatoes - 600 gr.;
• onions - 1 - 2 pcs.;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• flour - 2-3 tbsp. l .;
• boiled rice - half a cup (about 100-150 gr.);
• processed cheese - 1-2 pcs.;
• green onions - 1 bunch;
• salt, pepper - to taste;
• garlic - 1-2 cloves.

All prepared ingredients must be mixed, then put on a pan with a spoon and fry. In this recipe, rice is almost not felt, it is the onions and cream cheese that give the main taste. This dish is perfect for summer days, when the area is full of fresh herbs and garlic.

Of course, the matter is not limited to these ingredients: each of the additives can be replaced with something else, more suitable.

Zucchini pancakes with cheese

Using zucchini instead of potatoes will help to achieve a more delicate taste. Fried zucchini in itself acquires a certain sweetness, which, coupled with a creamy flavor, gives a wonderful taste. Often in zucchini pancakes add garlic and herbs.

By the way, a little advice about greens: dill goes well with potatoes, while parsley is best added to zucchini pancakes with cheese - it will add a little piquancy.

A dish is prepared from the following ingredients:

• zucchini - 1 pc. medium size;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• flour - 3-4 tablespoons;
• cheese - 100g .;
• garlic - 1-2 cloves;
• parsley to taste;
• salt, pepper - to taste.

These pancakes are prepared in the same way as others: rinse the zucchini, grate, add the same cheese, egg, flour, salt, pepper and mix until smooth.

Some housewives prefer to add garlic and parsley inside the fritters themselves, when kneading the dough, which gives an islandy and pungent flavor. However, instead, pancakes can be dipped in a sauce of sour cream and crushed garlic, with the addition of chopped parsley.

For chicken under cheese you will need:

• potatoes - 600 gr;
• chicken fillet - 500 gr.;
• tomatoes - 1-2 pcs.;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• bulgarian pepper - ½ pc.;
• hard cheese - 300 gr.;
• salt, pepper - to taste.

Rinse the potatoes, peel, grate, or cut into small circles. Onion, pepper, tomatoes cut into rings, straws and slices. Salt the fillet, pepper, cut into small steaks and lightly beat, or cut the fillet into pieces. Put all the ingredients on a baking sheet in layers: potato -\u003e chicken -\u003e onion -\u003e tomatoes -\u003e bell pepper, or alternatively change products in places if desired. Sprinkle with grated hard cheese from above and send to bake in the oven for about half an hour at a temperature of 180 degrees.

Previously, you can marinate the fillet in a sauce of grated onion and garlic, then fry and put on vegetables. Also, canned corn and greens are often added to the recipe.

In addition, you can bake the breast under cheese in sour cream garlic sauce (his recipe is described above) or mayonnaise to give it a juiciness. However, the addition of other products depends solely on the hostess's imagination and household preferences.

It is unlikely that there will be someone who has never tried one of the most delicious potato dishes - potato pancakes. The classic recipe for potato pancakes consists of potatoes, eggs, flour and onions. In addition to such recipes, there are other recipes, which in addition to these ingredients include minced meat, cheeses, mushrooms, sausage, ham or vegetables. It is also worth replacing that in many European cuisines of the world there are close and very similar dishes. In Israel, latkes are prepared, in Poland - flats, in Sweden - ragmunk.

It would seem that it’s difficult to make potato pancakes, but it happens that together with golden and crispy pancakes, you get flat cakes with a bluish tint and a sticky consistency. To get beautiful fried potato pancakes, it is necessary to add onions to grated potatoes. It will not allow potatoes to oxidize quickly, which means that it will not turn brown too quickly. I want to offer you a very tasty and simple potato pancakes with cheese recipe. According to this recipe, they are crispy, juicy, with a delicate creamy aroma.

Ingredients for potato pancakes with cheese:

•   - 500-600 gr.,
• Hard cheese - 100 gr.,
• Eggs - 1 pc.,
• Onions - 1 pc.,
• Salt and black pepper,
• Sunflower oil.

Potato pancakes with cheese - recipe

Clean the washed potatoes. Rub on medium or fine grater. In many recipes, you can see recommendations that grated potatoes need to be squeezed out by hand or passed through a sieve in order to get rid of excess fluid in this way. Doing it or not is up to you. In my opinion, after this procedure they will be rather dry.

Beat the egg.

Onions for potato pancakes are preferably grated finely.

Add onion puree to a bowl of potatoes.

Shuffle.

Hard cheese can also be grated on the same grater as potatoes.

Add it to the rest of the ingredients.

Stir the potato mass with a fork. Pour in flour. Salt and pepper to taste. In addition to black and red pepper, you can add any other spices to the dough, as well as fresh herbs.

Stir the mixture until smooth.

Potato pancakes, like any other species, must be fried on both sides until golden brown. The potato mass is spread in a hot pan with sunflower oil using a spoon, forming flat cakes. The main rule during frying is to stick to a sufficient amount of oil. There should not be too much sunflower oil, otherwise the potato pancakes will turn out to be too fat, but at the same time not too little.

To get rid of excess fat, it is recommended to lay them out before serving on a napkin. Ready served with sour cream. But in addition to sour cream, you can serve other sauces. Sour-spicy or zaziki is good. Make eggplant and zucchini pancakes as well.

Potato pancakes with cheese. A photo

In order not to think and not puzzle over what to feed your household, I advise you to certainly prepare a hearty potato pancakes with cheese and serve with fresh sour cream, or with a tender one. This recipe is not new, but still we forget about it, and only remember when someone cooks and treats or boasts at work - what was prepared for lunch or dinner.

From my own experience and culinary practice, I know that potato pancakes with cheese are always eaten quickly, and if they remain, they can be eaten cold with great desire - they are even tastier, and who prefers hot, they should be heated quickly in the microwave ovens. There are many recipes on the Internet, but now we still get to know more about this recipe and learn all the basics and secrets of cooking.

For this dish you will need potatoes, eggs, sour cream, wheat flour, hard cheese, onions, and spices and seasonings at your discretion. As for cheese, you can take any, if only it was not fresh and not frozen. You can create a crispy and fragrant dish in literally 20-25 minutes.

According to the recipe, we prepare potato pancakes with cheese like this:

1. First you need to prepare all the ingredients for potato pancakes.

2. Peel potatoes and onions, rinse under running water. Important! If someone follows a diet associated with diabetes, then potatoes should be soaked in cold water from the evening and left in the refrigerator until tomorrow.

3. Grate tubers on a coarse grater, and onions on a fine. Some chefs prefer to grate potatoes on a fine grater, but this is not true, then we will not feel the crunch, and they are worse fried inside. After chopping the potato, you need to squeeze it from excess fluid.

4. To add sour cream to grated potatoes and onions, it will not let the potatoes darken and the finished products will be bright and with a pleasant color.

5. Attach the egg and flour to the vegetables.

6. Season with garlic, salt and black pepper.

7. Grate the cheese on a medium or fine grater and add to the bulk. Mix well until smooth.

8. Marbled skillet, heat with vegetable oil and gently place the dough with a convenient spoon.

9. Fry on both sides until a pleasantly golden color.

10. Serve with low-fat sauces or sour cream.

Now test the taste!

Components:

• potatoes - 5-6 tubers;
• onions - one head (large);
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• chicken egg - 1 piece;
• flour - one and a half tablespoons;
• hard cheese - 100 grams;
• sour cream in the dough - 2 tablespoons;
• vegetable oil for frying - 60 milliliters;
• salt and black pepper - to your liking.

Until we meet again, dear friends, come visit, ask questions, I will answer with great pleasure. The next publication will introduce banana cream recipes for cakes.

Draniki is an original Slavic dish, which is usually prepared from raw potatoes with onions. This is a classic. But you can diversify the taste of potato pancakes with the help of a variety of products: mushrooms, meat, zucchini, sausages, carrots. It perfectly complements the taste of the dish and gives it a light creamy flavor of hard cheese.

In order for the crust to be rosy, crispy, it is recommended to fry potato pancakes in a large amount of oil and in a well-heated pan. But if you want to get a lower-calorie dish, then you need to pour a little fat into the pan, but it is very important to have a good non-stick coating.

In this recipe we offer a variation of traditional potato pancakes, add grated cheese to the potato dough and prepare potato pancakes with cheese.

Taste Info Potato main dishes / Potato pancakes

Ingredients

• Potatoes (medium) - 5 - 6 pcs.;
• Onion (not large) - 1 pc.;
• Egg - 1 pc.;
• Cheese - 60 g;
• Flour - 50 g;
• Salt (to taste);
• Black pepper (to taste);
• Vegetable oil (odorless).

It takes you only 30 minutes to prepare the potato pancakes,

How to make potato pancakes with cheese

Wash potato tubers with cold water using a brush, peel and rub on a fine grater. This is the most time-consuming process in the recipe. You can simplify the task of chopping potatoes using a blender or meat grinder. It is important to achieve equally small potato granules.

Squeeze the potatoes lightly by hand or through a sieve to remove excess liquid. You can use gauze for this. Add the egg and two tablespoons of flour. Stir everything thoroughly. Do not forget that the potato instantly darkens after being peeled. Therefore, all manipulations with it must be done very quickly.

Peel a small onion and chop with a knife as small as possible, add to the potato mass. You can use a grater or a blender, but then the onion will let the juice and the dough will be too liquid, in this case, squeeze the onion through a sieve so that excess juice does not interfere with us.

Grate hard cheese on a fine grater and send it to the potato mass. Put salt to taste (about a teaspoon without a slide).

About the cheese. Cheese is better to use delicious, not rubbery. Pancakes with feta cheese or soft goat cheese will also be delicious. But do not make pancakes with cream cheese, I tried it once and didn’t like it, the taste is a bit different.

For frying real pancakes, it is better to use an ordinary cast-iron skillet. Heat it well, pour in the fat and wait a few minutes until it warms up too. Then gently spread the spoon onto the pan with a spoon. The thickness of pancakes should be about half a centimeter. If they are thinner, then there is a risk that they will fall apart in a skillet. And very thick can remain damp inside. Fry pancakes over medium heat until rosy. It will take about three minutes.

Serving potato pancakes to the table is recommended without fail when hot with thick, fresh sour cream. As a sauce, some also like mayonnaise, ketchup. Potato pancakes in good harmony with cheese with garlic sauce, which can be prepared from sour cream, crushed garlic and salt. You can also add chopped dill and parsley to the sauce.

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  If I do not have time to cook a full meal, then potato pancakes with cheese come to the rescue. They are hearty, tasty and easy to prepare, and this step-by-step recipe with a photo is a direct confirmation of this. You quickly chop the potato on a grater, make a dough base out of it and fry a lot of potato pancakes. I learned how to cook them a very long time, because they simply fascinated me. They are so delicious that I could not help but learn how to cook them. The first time the older sister cooked, as she only learned to cook, while mom was not at home. And I had to taste it, as only I was at home. My sister’s pancakes were not very beautiful in appearance, but I appreciated their taste. After a few years, it was my turn to learn how to cook, and I started with potato pancakes. The dish is simple in the stages of preparation, so as a girl, I was able to cook delicious potato pancakes. Children's memories are very vivid and rich, so I still remember my first experience in cooking, and I'm even proud of it. Many years passed, and I only recently found out that you can put additional components in potato pancakes to enhance the taste of the dish. Cheese is one such supplement. I will share this recipe with you so that each of the hostesses can use the tips.



  Required Products:
- 400 grams of potatoes,
- 70 grams of cheese,
- 1 onion,
- 1 chicken egg,
- 100 grams of flour,
- vegetable oil for frying,
- salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe with photo step by step:

  I clean the potato, immediately rub it through a fine grater, salt a little, pepper. Potatoes need to be rubbed quickly so that it does not darken.




I immediately rub the cheese to the potatoes and also use a fine grater. Need a fine grater to potato pancakes were tender after roasting.




  I quickly drive the egg into the potato blank. I mix several times, with a spoon I lift the dough from the bottom of the dish so that all the ingredients are evenly mixed.




  Pour flour over a spoon without stirring, mix so that the flour absorbs excess moisture.






  I pour oil into a frying pan, make the fire a little more quiet and wait for the oil to warm up for frying. Then I spread the potato dough with a spoon and give it a rounded shape so that the potato pancakes do not turn out disheveled.




  I peep with a fork, and if the potato pancakes are fried, turn them over and fry them from the back.




  I put hot pancakes with cheese on a plate.




  Serving hot, freshly cooked to the table. Potato pancakes are ideally combined with sour cream. It’s also easy to prepare and, be sure to try to cook, you will not regret it. Bon Appetite!