Reviewed: Feb. 17, 2010

I used to love getting potatoes pancakes with apple compote and thick sour cream at this one Russian Restaurant in New York, which I miss so much. I've tried many recipes and mixes, but couldn't get the taste, texture and crisp. I would use onions and it would always come out a little too moist and dense. Thank you! I finally got crisp potato pancakes, flavorful with the caraway seeds and marjoram. We decided to use this liquid creme fraiche that we had in fridge instead of milk. Served it with some homemade rum spiced apple compote and a nice blonde beer . I really dug the caraway seed flavor it added, and as you mentioned the beer! Oh I thought I 'd share this with you since you mentioned Korea and potato pancakes, my mom would make it with green onions, shredded carrots and dried cod. Yum!

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lysis

Reviewed: Mar. 1, 2010

Easy and Yummy! Everyone in the family really liked. I placed left over cakes in the fridge and ate cold the next day. They were good too!

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coldbluegrace

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2010

These were excellent potato pancakes! I often find that recipes call for too many eggs for the amount of potato but this one was just right. I substituted oregano for the marjoram, left out the caraway seeds (I didn't have any) and added in some onion powder. They were light, crispy and delicious with some apple sauce. Thanks Sonya!

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ggarratt

Reviewed: Jul. 29, 2010

These were fantastic. I've always wanted to try potato pancakes, and I came across this recipe. I cut my potatoes into chunks and grated them with a rotary grater into a bowl of cold water and let it soak for half an hour. I also added onion salt to mine.The flavor is great and mine were light and fluffy. This is a keeper

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angelbrandi

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Utica, Mississippi, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2010

These were very good and easy! I had to skip the caraway seeds as I didn't have any but they were still good. I'll make them often, thanks!

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PolkaDot

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2010

These potato pancakes tasted good and different. I give them three stars because they frying is not my preference and the recipe didn't act like a batter (I scooped my pancakes into the pan). FYI-I tried frying them in nonstick spray, but they were not good that way. Also, the portion size must be huge because I used two large potatoes and came up with about four servings.

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Babytooth

Reviewed: Jun. 1, 2011

loved it recipe.

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Laxmi Salgaonkar

Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2011

This will satisfy your Cesky Pancake cravings!! I love the blend of garlic & herbs in this recipe. Very good & tasty! *one time i switched it up by adding chopped bacon and shredded cheese - with side of ketchup was very delicious!!

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latour

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2011

This was an amazing recipe. It immediately caught my eye because my heritage is Czechoslovakian and I have never really explored their cuisine. With this recipe I followed the batter recipe almost exactly except I substituted Cumin and Oregano. I also made my pancakes with a hole in the center and added a poached egg with runny yoke in the hole (the yoke makes a great sauce to bind all the flavors). I threw on some fresh tomatoes and shredded cheese to top of all of this off and garnished with a bit of fresh cilantro. It was truly Deeeeeelish!!! Thanks Sonya.

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