German

Reibekuchen mit Apfelmus (Potato Pancakes with Applesauce)

Name: Reibekuchen mit Apfelmus (Potato Pancakes with Applesauce)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 2 lb potatoes, peeled; 1 small onion; 1 egg; 3 tbsp all-purpose flour; 1 tsp salt; 1 pinch ground nutmeg; 1/2 cup vegetable oil, for frying; 1.5 cups applesauce, for serving

Birgit @birgit1978

Reibekuchen mit Apfelmus (Potato Pancakes with Applesauce) is German home cooking, eaten at dinner and lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Easy High fiber Eggetarian Pescatarian Halal

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2 lb potatoes, peeled
1 small onion
1 egg
3 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 pinch ground nutmeg
1/2 cup vegetable oil, for frying
1.5 cups applesauce, for serving

How to cook it

Grate the potatoes and onion coarsely, then wrap them in a clean kitchen towel and wring out as much liquid as possible.
Mix the grated potato and onion with the egg, flour, salt, and nutmeg until well combined.
Heat a generous layer of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and drop in spoonfuls of the mixture, flattening each into a thin pancake.
Fry for 3 to 4 minutes per side, until deeply golden and crisp at the edges, adding more oil between batches as needed.
Drain the pancakes briefly on paper towels.
Serve hot, topped with a generous spoonful of applesauce; this is a genuine everyday vegetarian weeknight dinner in western Germany and beyond.

Watch how to cook Reibekuchen mit Apfelmus (Potato Pancakes with Applesauce)

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Serve it with

A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Reibekuchen mit Apfelmus (Potato Pancakes with Applesauce), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Blumenkohl mit Butterbroeseln (Cauliflower with Browned Butter Crumbs)
  
  25 min
What it is eaten with
- Bratkartoffeln (German Pan-Fried Potatoes)
  
  25 min
The sharp little thing
- Apfelmus (German Applesauce)
  
  20 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Reibekuchen mit Apfelmus (Potato Pancakes with Applesauce) carries gluten and eggs. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Reibekuchen mit Apfelmus (Potato Pancakes with Applesauce)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Bratkartoffeln (German Pan-Fried Potatoes)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Abendbrot-Teller mit Putenschinken (Cold Evening Bread Plate with Turkey Ham)
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 350 kcal
Protein: 7 g
Carbs: 59 g
Fat: 10 g
Fiber: 7 g
Sugar: 13 g
Sodium: 600 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Reibekuchen mit Apfelmus (Potato Pancakes with Applesauce) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner and lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.