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Potato pancakes with smoked cheese and sour cream

Name: Potato pancakes with smoked cheese and sour cream
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 4 Potatoes; 200 ml Sour cream; 2 Garlic cloves; 2 Eggs; to taste Salt and pepper; as needed All-purpose flour; for frying Vegetable oil; 100 g Smoked cheese; for garnish Sour cream

Pan-fried potato pancakes with sour cream and garlic, topped with grated smoked cheese and more sour cream. Serves 4 people.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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Potato pancakes with smoked cheese and sour cream are crispy, pan-fried pancakes served piping hot. Grate raw potatoes directly into sour cream, then add garlic, eggs, salt, pepper, and enough flour to make a thick batter. Fry the pancakes in oil until golden on both sides, then immediately sprinkle with grated smoked cheese and garnish with sour cream. Serve them for lunch alongside soup or as a snack for guests.

Ingredients

4 servings

Potatoes 4
Sour cream 200 ml
Garlic cloves 2
Eggs 2
Salt and pepper to taste
All-purpose flour as needed
Vegetable oil for frying
Smoked cheese 100 g
Sour cream for garnish

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Instructions

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Pour the sour cream into a large bowl. Peel the potatoes and finely grate them directly into the sour cream. Add the grated garlic, eggs, salt, and pepper. Stir in enough flour to make a thick batter. Heat the oil in a skillet.
Spoon the batter into the skillet, flatten into pancakes, and fry until golden on both sides. Drain the cooked pancakes on a paper towel.
Sprinkle the hot pancakes with grated smoked cheese and spread sour cream over them.

Tip: The sour cream coats the potatoes and keeps them from darkening when exposed to air, so grate them into it gradually, stirring as you go.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 342 kcal
Protein: 15 g
Carbohydrates: 32 g
of which sugars: 3.5 g
Fat: 18 g
of which saturates: 11 g
Fiber: 3.3 g
Salt: 1.3 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Zemiakové placky s údeným syrom a kyslou smotanou