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Draniki from raw potatoes with onions and cheese

Cheesy Potato Pancakes (Draniki) with Onion

A dish that feels special but works any day of the week! These cheesy potato pancakes (draniki) are perfect for a big family dinner or lunch. Hot off the skillet, they go beautifully with fresh sour cream or any sour cream–based sauce. Tomato sauce, ketchup, or mushroom gravy work great too. Round it out with fresh vegetables, a crisp salad, and some fresh herbs.

MariaS

Recipe author

Draniki from raw potatoes with onions and cheese

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Potatoes

600

Hard cheese

Onion

160

Sour cream

100

Flour

Vegetable oil

Salt

0.5

Ground black pepper

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 13 % 4 g

Fats 44 % 14 g

Carbohydrates 44 % 14 g

190 kcal

GI: 86 / 0 / 14

Cooking method

Cooking time: 50 min

Step 1:

For cheesy potato pancakes you'll need raw potatoes (the weight is given peeled), hard cheese, onion, full-fat sour cream, all-purpose flour, salt, and ground black pepper.
Step 2:

Grate the potatoes. Coarse holes give you pancakes with more texture and body; fine holes make them smoother and more delicate. Here the potatoes are grated on the coarse holes. Stir in the sour cream right after grating — that keeps the potatoes from darkening as much.
Step 3:

Peel the onion and chop it as fine as you can. Alternatively, grate it on the fine holes or purée it in a blender.
Step 4:

Grate the hard cheese on the fine holes and add it to the bowl. Add the flour, salt, and ground black pepper, and mix the potato-and-cheese batter thoroughly until it's as smooth and even as possible.
Step 5:

You can do this with a tablespoon, but mixing with your hands works better — the potato gets perfectly blended with the flour, salt, and cheese.
Step 6:

The batter is ready! All that's left is to fry the pancakes. Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet until good and hot, spoon in the batter, and flatten each one gently into a round pancake. Fry for 2–3 minutes per side until golden brown.
Step 7:

Serve the cheesy potato pancakes hot, with any sauce or gravy you like.

You can round out the flavor of these cheesy potato pancakes with spices to taste — Italian herbs or ground paprika, for instance. You can also stir any washed, finely chopped fresh herbs into the batter.