Potato Apple Pancakes With Smoked Salmon And Horseradish Recipes

SMOKED SALMON OMELET AND APPLE POTATO PANCAKES

Steps:

• Beat 3 eggs and milk together, season with salt and pepper. In a hot saute pan melt butter and swirl around entire pan. Add eggs to pan and swirl around pan so eggs come up sides of pan. After a few minutes, when bottom of eggs start to turn light brown, flip eggs with spatula and then place pieces of smoked salmon scattered on top. Add a dollop of sour cream and spread around. Sprinkle with chives. When bottom of omelet turns brown, transfer to plate and cut into wedges. Serve with potato pancakes. Yield: 1 omelet;
• Peel potatoes. Core and peel apples. In a medium bowl, grate potatoes, apples and onion. Mix together. Add flour, egg and salt and pepper. In a saute pan heat oil. Form mixture into hamburger sized patties and add to hot oil in pan. Flip when edges appear golden brown. Cook other side for about 2 minutes or until brown and drain on paper towels.;

POTATO-APPLE PANCAKES WITH SMOKED SALMON AND HORSERADISH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Place baking sheet in oven. Place colander in large bowl. Line colander with kitchen towel. Using processor fitted with shredding blade, coarsely grate potatoes, onion, celery root and apple at the same time. Transfer potato mixture to towel. Gather towel tightly around potato mixture and squeeze out as much liquid as possible into bowl; discard liquid. Place potato mixture, egg, green onion, marjoram, salt and pepper in same bowl; toss to blend. Mix in flour.
• Pour enough vegetable oil into heavy large skillet to cover bottom. Heat oil over medium-high heat. Working in batches, drop 1/4 cup pancake mixture into skillet for each pancake. Using bottom of metal spatula, flatten each mound to 3-inch round. Fry until cooked through and crisp, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer pancakes to baking sheet in oven to keep warm. Repeat with remaining pancake mixture, leaving behind any liquid that collects in bottom of bowl.
• Mix crème fraîche and horseradish in small bowl. Arrange 2 pancakes on each plate. Garnish pancakes with dollop of horseradish cream and smoked salmon. Sprinkle with chives and serve.

POTATO PANCAKES WITH SMOKED SALMON, CAVIAR AND DILL CREAM

Steps:

• In a small bowl, stir the creme fraiche with the dill and lemon juice.
• Season with salt and black pepper and sprinkle with the chives.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• In a food processor or on a box grater, coarsely shred the potatoes and the onion.
• Transfer to a large, clean kitchen towel and squeeze dry.
• In a medium bowl, mix the shredded potatoes and onion with the egg, flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper.
• In a large nonstick skillet or on a griddle, heat the vegetable oil until shimmering.
• Drop 2 tablespoons of the potato mixture into the skillet and flatten with the back of a spoon to make a 3-inch round.
• Make about 5 more pancakes and cook over moderately high heat until golden on the bottom, about 4 minutes.
• Flip the pancakes and cook until golden, about 2 minutes longer.
• Transfer to paper towels to drain.
• Repeat with the remaining potato mixture; you should have 12 pancakes.
• Arrange the potato pancakes on a platter.
• Serve warm, with the dill cream, smoked salmon and caviar.