A few potatoes, a handful of dried mushrooms, a little marjoram, and every good grandmother managed to conjure up the soup that smelled the whole house. The Old Czech potato was one of the treasures that cooked without a recipe, just by feeling. It was not a luxurious thing, but the food that warmed, fed and smelled home.
She smelled of marjoram, garlic and. She often appeared on the table when there were only a few ingredients left in the pantry, but she could still feed and warm up. Old Czech potato pancake was soup of everyday life, but also a medicine for a bad mood. Today, when we come back to her more of curiosity than in an emergency, we find that he has something that today’s dishes are often missing, namely honesty, simplicity and taste of home.
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Grandma’s potato pancake step by step
Raw materials:
- 6 larger potatoes
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 carrot
- 1 parsley
- a piece of celery
- 2 tablespoons of lard
- 1 teaspoon of cumin
- 1 tablespoon of marjoram
- 1 liter of broth or water
- 2 handfuls of dried mushrooms
- salt, pepper
- 1 tablespoon of plain flour
Procedure::
First, put dried mushrooms in a bowl and pour them with hot water to soften. In the meantime, peel the potatoes and cut them into smaller cubes. Fry the finely chopped onion until golden, then add the flour and fry it briefly to create a light roux. Pour the broth and mix thoroughly so that it does not delay.
“I think a lot of chefs say they really like the mushrooms because it’s a sponge with a very strong texture, a fine and very mushroom taste. But inside you also have a little truffle taste, so it’s something that gives a fantastic smuggle when you create recipes with her,” she advises to use mushrooms, renowned Belgian chef Frank.
Add potatoes, chopped root vegetables, crushed garlic, mushrooms of IS with water in which they were soaked, and season with cumin. Cook for about 20 minutes until the potatoes are soft. Finally, salt the soup, pepper and add dried marjoram and grind between your fingers to smell beautiful.
Our grandmothers’ tips
If you want the soup even more deeper, add a few pieces . And who likes a thicker variant can slightly crush part of the potatoes directly in the pot.
Potato pancake is an ideal meal for autumn and winter days. Is cheap, fast and yet perfectly warm up. The smell of marjoram and garlic, which line from the pot, will immediately remind the times when food was not about luxury, but about the heart. And maybe that’s why it tastes better than many modern delicacies.
