Swiss Potato Cake with Onion
This potato cake can be real tasty with onions, also with cheese. To make the potatoes easier to grate, might as well keep them in the fridge overnight. Chill time is already included in the total time. In this recipe, special equipments are used like an adjustable blade slicer fitted with julienne blade, a food processor fitted with medium shredding disk, or a box grater. But you could always improvise the usual kitchen equipments to make this kind of potato cake. The smell of onions after baking is very mouthwatering and irresistible. This is quite a deserving dish!
Ingredients
- 1½ lbs large yellow-fleshed potatoes such as Yukon gold potatoes (682 g)
- 1 medium onion
- ¾ teaspoon salt (3.75 g)
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper (1.25 g)
- ¼ cup unsalted butter (60 ml)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (30 ml)
Instructions
- Place oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F.
- Prick potatoes in several places with a fork. Bake the potatoes in a large baking pan until tender for about 1 ½ hours.
- Allow potatoes to cool completely, then chill, uncovered, for at least 8 hours.
- Peel potatoes, and then grate with slicer into a mixing bowl. Coarsely grate onion in large teardrop-shaped holds of a box grater, then wrap grated onion in 2 layers of paper towels and squeeze gently to remove excess moisture.
- Mix together potatoes, onion, salt and pepper with a fork.
- In a nonstick skillet over moderate high heat, heat 2 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon oil for one minute, then stir in potatoes, spreading them evenly and pressing them down with a rubber spatula.
- Reduce heat to moderate and fry potato mixture until underside is golden brown, about 5 minutes.
- Wear oven mitts, invert a flat plate over skillet, and then turn potato cake onto plate.
- Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and remaining tablespoon oil to skillet. Place Potato cake (browned side up) back into skillet with rubber spatula.
- Cook until the other side is golden brown, about 5 minutes.
- Transfer to a clean cutting board and slice cake into 6 wedges.
- Serve warm and enjoy!
Notes
You could also spread melted cheese on top of the potato cake to make the taste more luscious.
