Potato Pancakes & Smoked Salmon with Dill Caper Sour Cream
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I have a lot of leftover mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving, so I wanted to try making potato pancakes. I thought a spin on bagels & lox might be nice, so I put this together. It was pretty good, but I definitely need to tweak it more for next time.
Potato Pancakes & Smoked Salmon with Dill Caper Sour Cream
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 8 pancakes 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Description
I have a lot of leftover mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving, so I wanted to try making potato pancakes. I thought a spin on bagels & lox might be nice, so I put this together.
Ingredients
2 cup leftover mashed potatoes
2 green onions, chopped
1 egg
Vegetable oil, for frying
All purpose flour, for dredging
1 cup sour cream
2 Tbsp fresh dill, chopped
2 Tbsp red onion, minced
4 tsp capers, plus a little of the juice
Salt & pepper to taste
Smoked salmon slices
Instructions
Heat a few tablespoons of the oil in a cast iron skillet. Meanwhile, mix mashed potatoes, egg and green onions in a bowl. Put some flour on a plate and season with salt and pepper. Scoop the mashed potato mixture with an ice cream scoop and drop it into the flour, tossing to coat. Tap off excess flour, and add to skillet, pressing down on the top slightly with a spatula. Repeat with remaining mashed potatoes.
Meanwhile, mix the sour cream, dill, capers and juice, red onion, salt and pepper in a bowl, reserving a bit of the dill, onion and capers for garnish. Once potatoes are nice and brown, flip to cook the other side, adding more vegetable oil as needed.
To serve, place a dollop of the sour cream mixture on each pancake, top with a slice of smoked salmon, and garnish with a bit more sour cream, some dill, onion and capers. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 140
- Sugar: 1.3 g
- Sodium: 235.2 mg
- Fat: 7.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 13.5 g
- Fiber: 1.4 g
- Protein: 4.6 g
- Cholesterol: 40.8 mg
Ashley
Ashley Covelli is a food photographer, recipe developer, and culinary instructor based in Ossining, New York. She loves helping people become enthusiastic and adventurous in the kitchen so that they can build skills and confidence to cook for themselves and their loved ones. She can almost always be found with at least 3 different beverages within arm's reach.
3 Comments
Big Dude
That looks sooo good. One of my favorite parts of mashed potatoes is the leftover pancakes and they seem receptive to being topped with lots of good things, such as my usual fried egg.
Peggy
This looks absolutely stunning! Definitely a great appetizer for a dinner party!
Anonymous
I just made a similar sauce yesterday and it was delish! Try adding lemon zest, lemon juice(freshly squeezed), roughly chop the capers and mix them into the sour cream, add a couple table spoons of grainy mustard and stir that all together. Sprinkle the final product with a few fresh chives or green onion. Yum!