Name: Deruny (Ukrainian potato pancakes)
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 1 portions
Cuisine: Pancake
Ingredients: 1 g Chicken eggs lightly beaten; 40 g Sour Cream for serving; 40 g Onion finely grated or minced; 300 g Potato starchy potatoes, peeled and finely grated; 5 g Garlic 1 small clove, finely minced or grated, for extra flavor; 20 g Flour all-purpose, to bind the batter; 2 tbsp Sunflower Oil for shallow frying, plus more as needed; To taste Salt or to taste; To taste Black Pepper freshly ground, or to taste

1

Peel the potatoes and finely grate them into a bowl; if very watery, gently squeeze out some excess liquid without drying completely.

2

Finely grate or mince the onion and garlic, then add them to the grated potatoes and mix well.

3

Stir in the egg, flour, salt, and black pepper until you have a thick but spoonable batter that holds together.

4

Fry

Heat a thin layer of sunflower oil in a nonstick or cast-iron pan over medium heat.

4 min5

Fry

Spoon small portions of batter into the hot oil, flattening each into a thin pancake; fry until golden brown and crisp on the first side, about 3–4 minutes.

4 min6

Fry

Flip the deruny and fry the other side until golden and cooked through, about 3–4 minutes more; add more oil as needed between batches.

7

Drain the deruny briefly on paper towels and serve hot with sour cream.

Deruny (Ukrainian potato pancakes)

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