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Deruny

Crispy potato pancakes made with grated potato, onion and egg, fried in a skillet. Very popular in Ukraine, they're eaten hot, often with sour cream or salo.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Nutrition facts

276 kcal per serving

Protein
7.2 g
Carbohydrates
39.1 g
of which sugars
2.9 g
Fat
8.6 g
of which saturated fat
1.2 g
Fiber
4.3 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Peel the potatoes and grate them finely, then grate the onion and put everything in a clean cloth.
  2. Squeeze hard to remove as much water as possible, then pour off the water after a minute to recover the starch that settles at the bottom.
  3. Mix the pulp with the reserved starch, the egg, flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg until you get a soft dough.
  4. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat.
  5. Shape pancakes about 1 cm thick with a spoon, then drop them into the hot oil.
  6. Fry for 3 to 4 minutes on each side until nice and crispy, then drain on paper towels.
  7. Serve straight away with sour cream and dill.

Variations and tips

Garlic deruny. Add 2 crushed garlic cloves to the batter for a more fragrant version.

Cheese deruny. Stir 80 g of grated cheese into the batter for a richer version that kids love.

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