Polish POTATO PANCAKES - PLACKI ZIEMNIACZANE; How to make Polish food by Polish Your Kitchen

[@Hagfan789]

I always just used the box cheese grater...On the heavy shred side? It's called, I think... Almost like a hashbrown cut. Pancakes had more body that way it seemed. We used applesauce too.

[@peepkagirl1]

The memories these pancakes bring!!! Growing up Polish & Catholic, potato pancakes were always one of many meatless Friday suppers at our house. Interestingly, my mother always served them with applesauce! Slathering your pancake in the applesauce is delicious! One time, my grandmother had a few leftover pancakes stacked on the stove & one of the neighborhood boys took a few & put them in his shirt pocket for later!!! 🤣🤣

[@tjnaevans]

I am so glad I found this channel! My Grandmother immigrated from Warsaw in the 1920's as a child to Chicago. Chicago had (and still has) a huge Polish community especially the northwest side of the city. I spent most of my early childhood living with my grandparents (my parents both worked) and grew up on Polish cuisine. I've been searching for real Polish dishes for years that really bring Poland into my kitchen and your channel fits the bill! More please...more! Thanks

[@lu9thix]

She can't cook

[@alisonschoenthaler2544]

Great recipe! I hated these growing up, I thought we used sugar to tolerate them, lol - now I luv them! Made some last night using leftover mashed potatoes, delicious!!!

[@suehinze1566]

Sounds similar to my story. My Bobcha and her siostra came from a farm in Poland when they were young and moved to Chicago. The rest of the family stayed behind to take care of the farm. After a while the brothers started to move to Chicago as well. After she married my grandfather, who is Scottish, they had 2 boys and ended up moving to the Milwaukee area for my grandfathers work. But my grandma made a lot of traditional Polish recipes. I especially liked the pastries but she could cook anything and was a great cook. My aunt as well was Polish and they both made excellent Polish food. I still have cousin's in Poland and my Dad took my girls to visit them, they had a very nice visit. Glad I found this page. Thank you.

[@janetidswell7628]

Lucky you! ❤️😊

[@kazimierzn9929]

👍fall , autumn , potatoes harvest in Poland, .. tradition is to eat potatoes, Homfrries Franchise Broiled Any form just to celebrate harvest

[@helenjzkkillick4097]

Our Polish dad introduced us to potato pancakes. Now I’m inspired to make them for my children and grandchildren. I really do appreciate what you’re doing here, bringing us scattered Polish descendents a knowledge of heritage.

[@bartoszwojciechowski2270]

If I may ask, are you Polish-American then? If so, do you perhaps know if there are any Polish communities still keeping Polish traditions alive there? Like maybe there are some Polish cultural centres, cooking gatherings, schools with Polish as the language of instruction, etc.?

[@helenjzkkillick4097]

@@bartoszwojciechowski2270 hi. I’m Polish / English but living in Australia most of my life. There are Polish Clubs but not near my home. I want my children and grandchildren to carry forward with pride in their ancestry.

[@bartoszwojciechowski2270]

@@helenjzkkillick4097 that's so cool to hear. thank you for the answer

[@hah350]

My grandmother put caraway seed in the batter. Nice flavor.

[@Terenia531]

This is a game changer. I’ve been making potato pancakes for years but these look way better.

[@douglasstehr3877]

OMG. So happy I found your Vids. Thank you again.

[@tedzukowski471]

My mom taught me how to make potato pancakes. I always grate them as I like the texture when they are finished and a little hard work manually grating them doesn’t hurt anyone. Add grated onion, some egg and flour. Season to taste. Using this same recipe you can turn it into potato pie. I fry up pork belly bacon and cut them into small cubes. Add this to the mixture of potatoes you made earlier. Pour into a greased glass baking dish. Cook for approximately 1 hour at 350F. Serve with sour cream.

[@AlergicToSnow]

The food processor is a wonderful invention. Grating the potatoes is old school. We’ve moved on.

[@myronp243]

@@AlergicToSnow old school is still the best way.

[@UncleAl3]

I have the grating disc for my food processor. The tip for adding a bit of water and the onion to keep the potato white is most helpful. Thank you.

[@juliame8026]

Very interesting version of potato pancakes. I always used grater and also added some cheese and garlic. In Latvia we eat potato pancakes as a main course, mostly with sour cream , without sugar or any other sweet sauce or ingredient. I like to cook mushroom sour cream sauce with potato pancakes.

[@pchacki]

My family immigrated from Poland to America when I was 3yrs old in 1982. My Mother was as old school as it gets but, when we finally were able to afford luxuries like a blender my Mother never grated the potatoes by hand again. I do remember her telling my Sister to take care not to over blend them. Absolutely delicious served with a cup of buttermilk on the side. Thank you for making this video.

[@paulromsky9527]

My dad loved to make Potato Pancakes using leftover mashed potatoes from the previous night's dinner. He added some chopped onion... they were mouth watering.

[@Mark-ww9sb]

I cook a very similar dish but I do it old school with a grater. The main difference is that I try to keep the water content very low so I grate the potatoes separately and squeeze out the water with a clean teatowel. That enables keeping tge flour content low. I fry them in butter and eat them plain...

[@maryskibinski6728]

Congratulations to Polish Your Kitchen on this friendly, first video. A beginner could follow easily. Very well done, Anna.

[@Penzy241]

In my hometown (USA) the churches hold little street festivals on summer weekends. Every one of them makes and sells these but we call them "bleenies". Whole neighborhoods smell wonderful from the fryers and people stand in line for them for a long time, buying dozens at a time. I like the texture of the box grater cut but love the ease of the blender. My Granny also said,"You look, you'll know!"

[@debcobern312]

Yum! I make these quite often but I don't use onion and I fry them up in my cast iron skillet with bacon fat! Delicious! 🤗👍💖

[@alewicke]

It's great to see these videos. My Polish grandmother had a diabetic shock when I was about a year old and she lost all her English and wasn't able to cook anymore. I only heard about her wonderful cooking, never got to taste it. I make things sometimes but, it's only my idea of what it should be like. I have no frame of reference. So, it's good to be able to watch as you cook it. Thanks!!

[@Speedfreely]

Awesome! Pretty much spot on recipe from my mother who is 2nd generation American but 100% Polish! Sour cream and Applesauce was our condiments growing up! And you are so right with not messing with perfection! Simple yet amazing flavor!

[@impcinder]

Outstanding video, if you were 50+ years older, I would think it was my grandma teaching me! Please continue the videos. Thank you.

[@marksimpson2321]

I'm British but have lived in Poland for half my life and I love placzki zimniqczki with bacon and eggs 😂

[@seraVmiskiel]

Anna, I'm so grateful you're doing this. I'm a 3rd gen immigrant from mostly Poland. My Grandma died when I was a year old so all cooking cams from her and I always wanted her recipes! Many Blessings to you! 💗🙏

[@PolishYourKitchen]

😍

[@monikab8152]

Made these tonight and the whole family loved them! I have been reluctant to make these in the past because of all the work I watched my grandma put into shredding the potatoes. Blender...who would have thought 😂

[@susanzigler668]

So glad u showed the blender. Never thought about it before,

[@Annie.747]

I’m 26 and potato pancakes were my all time favorite food my grandma made. (Whenever I asked she would make it lol, just how polish grandmas can be) and she had the processor and I’d watch her make them. So nostalgic. I didn’t know the polish word for potato pancakes (idk why cuz I know Pierogi and kapusta and golabki…etc…) My grandparents didn’t teach my mom and her sisters Polish so they could talk to each other in secret😂(apparently, my mom and her sisters were enrolled in Polish school as children and they all failed hahaha) wish I knew more polish but these things are seriously SO good. It’s not like hash browns bc of the egg and onions mixed in. My grandma passed and I have the recipe but watching someone make them is super helpful :) thank you!!!💕

[@woodlandheights]

My mother used to make these on Fridays, as you said, for a meatless meal. Usually, they were paired with Tomato Soup. Your recipe is the exact same as she used to make, only, being old school, she would grate the onions and potatoes on a box grater. I use my food processor and it works wonderfully. I have your new cookbook and love trying all the recipes.

[@ke380]

Yes!! So nice to meet another Polish person who eats sugar on potato pancakes!!!! They are the best!

[@OurSomedayStartsToday]

Hi Anna, both my parents are from Poland. My dad didn't really cook any Polish food.... except for these!! We would top them with bacon bits and drizzle a little bit of honey on them also. If you haven't had them like that , I urge you to at least try it. Let me know how you like them!!

[@PolishYourKitchen]

HI Andrew, I haven't had them like that, but I told Mark about it and he says "yes please" so I guess we'll give it a try! Thanks for watching!

[@scrappypooh1515]

My mom was Polish and German. She use to make them the knuckle tearing way. But they were so good!!! I make them using the food processor. But I'm going to roll a pickle with sour cream up in them. Yum !!

[@user-vb6zf1om5t]

hello there, I actually work as a content writer, this project I have got topic of polish breakfast, where i need to present 10 recipes, i have no idea of polish culture, not a native of poland, Can you please name a few breakfast dishes of Poland???

[@jimpresley-oldfishingfool261]

My Grandmother made these, my mother made them, I make them too. Unless I am making a lot I still use the grater which is most of the time because my wife is diabetic and can only have one small one. We eat them with sour cream, no sugar. Occasionally grandma served the rolled up and stuffed with cottage cheese and green onions or chives from her garden. Sometimes we had them at breakfast with eggs and kaszanka but most of the time they were eaten on Friday dinner with fried perch or walleye or śledzę and barszcz. Pyszny!

[@plpauly]

My grandma would make these all the time. She always wanted me to eat the warm. I like how they taste cold as well.

[@piotrekkaszkur3812]

Super droga Pani właśnie PLACKI NAJLEPIEJ SMAKUJĄ ZE ŚMIETANĄ VIVA POLONIA LOVE POLAND

[@johnhowaniec5979]

Was looking for a good potato pancake like my grandma made she immigrated in early 1900's from Poland and lived in Chicago.

[@katherinerotnicki5910]

So glad you give measurements. Babcia has a certain spoon and a certain cup that she uses, both old as Moses and of non standard size. She “knows” how full/how many cups and spoons should be for each recipe. (None written down of course) If you ask her how much, how long, it always “I don’t know. Until it’s enough.” Or “until it looks/feels/tastes right” We have cracked a few of the recipes but your channel is helping us get baseline measurements and we can adjust until it looks/feels/tastes right. Dziękuje bardzo

[@MA-bt8il]

I think you are a treasure! I so appreciate your sharing this with us! I used to watch my Grammom make sooooo many tasty delights in the kitchen, and, yes, she never wrote them down and would use very vague language on how to make anything like "Look". So thank you for bringing back a bit of my childhood and making it possible to attempt to re-create these Polish delicacies for my future Grandbabies! Dziękuję Ci!

[@PolishYourKitchen]

Thank you MA!!

[@InFltSvc]

I hunger for my childhood when our church every summer would have a huge picnic fund raiser behind the church for three days the weekend of the 4th of July and the polish ladies made the most delicious Blinies and I would eat ten at a time. Since the separation of the church’s they have consolidated and the people that made them the right way are all but gone and the new ladies just don’t make them the same. They had a old machine that would grade them (not as minced as you make yours) but with same ingredients and they were fried in about a quarter inch of lard over these giant gas heated flat stoves that were designed just for them under a pavilion. Those days were so wonderful and I have great memories of them. They also made stuffed cabbage and other Polish foods including Hulaski , Kabasa, which I did not care for the Blini’s were my favorite they also made homemade pierogies that were to die for.

[@PolishYourKitchen]

I hope you cook something up at home!😊

[@deedaw9246]

If you have a kitchen aid mixer. There is an attachment for a grater. Comes with 3 ways to cut.

[@bethhaas9859]

Potatoe pancakes...my Dad would make these on a Friday evening and we would stand in line by the sugar bowl with our plates in hand...he couldn't make them fast enough. He used solid Cisco and no onion. They were heaven!

[@helenabrus191]

Crisco?

[@kimmyklo7848]

Yum! Gonna try with the roasted red pepper, onion and some pork chops!

[@leonkonieczny743]

I agree, use modern conveniences like a blender, food processor, microwave, etc. These look so good and so easy, I will try them for sure. We like them with gulasz.

[@garyowcar1423]

When it’s not Friday we like them with polish sausage or kielbasa!

[@jacklinonis3719]

I'm Lithuanian and I use my grandma's recipe and we add dry dill to the batter and ALWAYS use the grater!

[@prairiegirl9770]

The blender tip is genius!

[@romandacko1497]

Polish, Ukrainian, Russian delights. Wife from Warsaw in Hospital for 2 months made me learn how to cook better. Will take your cabbage rolls to hospital today. Keep safe with covid rampant. Keep safe! Roman in Toronto, Canada.

[@rosepetals3752]

I was taught by my mother, she was from Poland 🇵🇱 ♥ it brought back happy memories of her. She would of liked to have the blender, you are right. Here's to good eating!

[@PiotrekKaszkur-bz6oz]

Super brawo brawo brawo ❤ LOVE POLAND VIVA POLONIA ❤ Piotrek kaszkur Artysta pozdrawia serdecznie ❤

[@stevenchristie9474]

Dzien dobry or G’day from Australia, I really enjoy your recipes & reminds when my babcia was alive. We used to grate the Potatoes & Onions which I told my children were Hash Browns when I made them. Dziękuję ~ Thank you regards Steve

[@rinarina5716]

Very good!!!thank you for that!

[@tdubbs8786]

My sister and I talk about these to this day and we're in our 30s and 40s. We would ALWAYS ask for our mother to make them. Sometimes she would surprise us... she would start cooking them while we were upstairs and we would get that one scent of fried potato and we would stop playing and run downstairs. My babci would have some more fried onion on the side.. and sour cream..thats how I do it! Thank u for this! ❤

[@michaelnc4450]

“They are done when they are done”… just what my Grandma said too 😂

[@helenabrus191]

We kids were so excited when mama would make placki; she made it sound like it was so special. The reality was that we were poor but had plenty of potatoes and onions in the cellar and lard in the pantry. The lard wasn't a problem because we ate them so fast off the frying pan than the lard never had a chance to congeal. Did not know that you could have sour cream or applesauce until I was in my 20s.

[@brandonfloyd3028]

Looks good, I just got done making a batch with 5 yellow potato’s and a large white onion. I went with the old school way with the grater. I grew up with plockis. My pop pop taught me to do egg and flour and even with some bacon lol. I haven’t made them in a few years but the outcome was amazing.

[@joanperkins390]

Made my mouth water watching this:) also encourages me to make them more. Gonna try the blender version since I don’t like grating them, or I’d do it more often. My Mom was from East Prussia.

[@91dobry]

every Friday at my home in Chicago that was our dinner. I like it with salt. That was in the 1950s and I miss it. Thank you for making this video. My whole adult family was from Poland kids are US

[@harveypost7799]

Well I seen many potato pancake recipes but never seen such healthy potato pancakes 👍🏻😁🤔

[@barnett1129]

Thank you , I was old school, but enjoy the modern conveniences. Look forward to more videos.

[@alij6940]

I could never figure out my grandmother's potato pancakes, no matter how I tried. ❤thank you tremendously for this.

[@katierupert2830]

Best and easiest potato pancakes ever

[@chococat3028]

I’m happy you’re doing videos and I look forward to seeing more!

[@Nancy-xb6wh]

I used to make these as a kid on Fridays for my family, especially during lent. We ate them with butter and salt.

[@Roaddog77]

I have a few great super friends in Wieliczka . She's vary special lady. Love her lots.

[@billyndagriffith2897]

My dad just told me about potato panacakes. He said he was the one to do the grating, a lot of the time! I cant wait to make these for him. He said they ate them with apple sauce :)

[@samramsay8512]

My Mom is from the deep south and she would use leftover mash potatoes for her pancake batter. I am going to try them your way, They look great!! Thank you and you make it look soooo easy!

[@ruthmodzelewski420]

Just made these tonight - haven't made them for a while. Thank you for the blender trick!

[@PolishYourKitchen]

Yes!😋

[@michele-kt]

My mom was Slovakian. She also loved potato pancakes with sour cream or sugar!

[@angelamartin8931]

Love your videos My like how laid back you are and they're not boring thank you so much My grandchildren were enjoy these My grandfather used to make them

[@danielsobkowiak4101]

Oh.......sour cream and sugar or sometimes apple sauce, that's what I remember most when my mother made them. I really like the idea of blending everything together and will try it myself, this old guy loves to cook and those look delicious. Thank you!

[@mandyssouthernstitchin]

I just found your videos. My husband and his family are polish and I am definitely making some of your recipes to try to win over my mother in law finally after 11 years. I love your kitchen. It's so organized.

[@PolishYourKitchen]

Welcome Mandy, good luck with the mother-in-law! :)

[@user-vb6zf1om5t]

hello there, I actually work as a content writer, this project I have got topic of polish breakfast, where i need to present 10 recipes, i have no idea of polish culture, not a native of poland, Can you please name a few breakfast dishes of Poland???

[@FiercedeityBrad]

Excellent with applesauce and sour cream, it works so well together.

[@PolishYourKitchen]

Yes it does!

[@janblackhurst1652]

Recently discovered your channel and am enjoying watching your cooking. Regarding these potato pancakes. Like many others I have been making them since I was a child and my children and grandchildren enjoy them as well. And yes, I used the fine grater which removed the skin off my fingers. Now I use the food processor. Never thought of using the blender. I was told to add a bit of butter to the oil as it made the pancakes more crispy. Noticed that you have them with sugar. We had them on their own for lunch sometimes served with either butter or whipped cream (no sugar), depending on who preferred which. We never used sour cream with anything when I was growing up which is surprising as it is used so often in Polish cooking. I still don't use it. Using to have a Dutch boyfriend and whenever I had dinner with his family, his grandmother (who lived with them) would make potato pancakes which would be served in place of boiled or mashed potato.

[@lju5001]

I tried this recipe both ways, grating by hand and using blender and you’re right blender much easier, przepraszam babciu! Turned out great both ways!

[@DennisBotti]

Thank you for this Recipe.. oh and I love your artwork (tattoos)

[@PolishYourKitchen]

Thank you so much 😃

[@SusanMartinez-ub9px]

I made this today..it was delicious! Thanks for the BEST recipe!

[@PolishYourKitchen]

Glad you liked it!!

[@Xena238]

I love the amount of śmietana you put on the placki! ;) Smacznego!

[@paulromsky9527]

Nice video, gave you a like. I still like my potato pancakes "grainy" and not smooth. I would use a mandolin with a medium grater insert. Mandolin slicers are fast and safer than box graters becuse it has a prong handle to hold the potato while grating by hand.

[@nivescorazza4019]

Thanks for showing how you use the blender I actually did the Italian version of the potato pancake but used my food processor as I haven't bought a new blender worked absolutely fabulous

[@cynthiagawin2991]

Maple syrup goes well with them!😋

[@baibastrazdins6636]

Love your videos😁. My mum would put the potatoes through the meat grinder so they had a little more texture than the blending would. But great idea!! Haven’t made them in years. Feel the need to after watching you😋👍

[@lesliemiller3628]

My Mom made these without the onion for us kids for breakfast. Other then that this is exactly how she made them. Box shredder of course!

[@enricolambrusco2449]

Never thought of blending them. Looks so much easier. I have a shredding attachment to my food processor which works but is laborious. And what a pain to clean afterwards. They take longer to cook. so I’m going to try this recipe tonight

[@bernie6956]

lovely

[@lindakrofchick956]

My Mom used a blender years before I knew! Scraped my knuckles into many a pancake..Love this video it's like home. I like mine with Heinz ketchup. Tastes like a French fry!

[@Cmonicab55]

Good idea and saves time on grating the potatoes. Can't wait to try it.

[@user-vb6zf1om5t]

hello there, I actually work as a content writer, this project I have got topic of polish breakfast, where i need to present 10 recipes, i have no idea of polish culture, not a native of poland, Can you please name a few breakfast dishes of Poland???

[@joandewolfe5949]

MY POLISH MOTHER MADE HER POTATO PANCAKES VERY SIMILAR TO YOUR RECIPE. WHEN SHE CAME TO HELP ME WITH MY FIRST CHILD I BEGGED HER TO MAKE HER POTATO PANCAKES FOR ME AND TO GIVE ME THE RECIPE WHICH WAS ALL IN HER HEAD.

[@Drew206619]

Can’t wait to try the new method!

[@29wik]

Dzień dobry. Mała sugestja. Po starciu ziemniaków dobrze jest odsączyć trochę wody, lepiej dodawać malutko mąki, wtedy placki będą chrupiące. Świetne są z zimnym mlekiem.

[@joanvancourt9019]

Mmmmm, can't wait to try this. Thanks for the video.

[@krislange1186]

Glad to see you're doing videos. Thank you. As a young married woman starting out to cook, my grandmother was making pierogi and I wanted to write down the recipe. She also never measured anything - it went by "eye". When I asked her how much flour to put in, her reply was "As much is will fit"!! She came from a small town north of Warsaw. Now, we will probably have potato pancakes either tonight or tomorrow night for supper. My husband likes them with syrup, I'm applesauce! Can't wait for more videos!!

[@PolishYourKitchen]

Yep, the old "na oko" method... 😂

[@catherinematrisotto6619]

When we were kids we had to hand grate 10 lbs of potatoes into a big Tupperware bowl. I now use my food processor. My brother won’t use a blender or food processor. He likes having the extra protein from skin. I also use bacon grease on a cast iron, square griddle to fry mine. We also put applesauce and cottage cheese that was mixed with pepper and green onions on ours.

[@PolishYourKitchen]

I agree... work smart not hard. 😉

[@frasercampbell6606]

Working my way through some of your handy video's. Must give this one a try soon, cheers!

[@loislibauskas9946]

I loved the video. I never made them in the blender but grated the potatoes. Blender it will be the next time I make these. They look delicious and so much easier. Thanks again.

[@rustydog1236]

We get out grandma's (now probably 120 years old) cast iron grill and do 10 pancakes at once. Grandma spread them with butter then sour cream and put them in a casserole in the oven until bubbling. Then served them a lot of times with pheasants she fried. Her friends and neighbors used to give her the pheasants they shot. They didn't think they were worth the bother (too small).

[@PolishYourKitchen]

Sounds amazing!! I’m sure she was used to small birds like that, Poles raised pigeons a lot (some still do), even though they are small, it’s still food. 😊

[@tedkucin2428]

I can remember making these with my Dad when I was 4 years old. (Old school grater, but really not necessary). You gave me an idea to try other versions! Cauliflower with onion, maybe zuchini! With a touch of Krakow Seasoning (salt, black and white pepper, sugar, coriander, garlic, mustard, marjoram, mace and savory.). Buy on Ebay or Penzy on line.

[@mompofelski4191]

So excited to watch your videos - was snagged by the pickle video. Thank you so much for posting. My mom's grandparents were Czech and my husband's grandparents all were 1st generation American from Poland. The only recipe they bothered to pass down was kolatzcki cookies at Christmas. So I have wanted to learn some traditional Eastern European dishes for a long time.

[@tinahanney7446]

These are absolutely devine! Just like my Mom use to make-she was from Austria though! Thank you for sharing!❤️❤️❤️

[@markjozwik6868]

Loved these as a child. Always had them with sugar. Recently tried them with sour cream, Yumm! Been tring to get them like my mom used to make, but still can't get it right. My son loves the ones I don't think come out right, just like my nalesniki,

[@johnstankiewicz1750]

YES!! Nothing like placki kartoflane - the original recepe. We also used to add a little of cream of wheat too. Now just a glass of cold milk..

[@jimfrodsham7938]

I still make these, our grandkids love them. We mince the potato's and onions on a coarse setting and they go into a fine sieve to drain the excess liquid. Stir in an egg and fry in butter. My Oma sometimes put chopped speck in too. Oma's recipe was equal weight potato and onion. She'd use the potato liquid in an eintopf or casserole.

[@elizabethvandyke9475]

I grew up with potato pancakes. My Mom had the magic touch! In the process of raising a family, I forgot the recipe and had been experimenting trying to find the long, lost secret. Then I found you! Thank you for the recipe!

[@daviddura1172]

FINALLY THE WAY MOM MADE THEM....so many other recipes are like hash browns fried up up.....we did just sugar, these were a frequent MEATLESS friday night dinner item....yes I'm that old....born 1949 Olde Polish Southside of Milwaukee......only thing different was the flour, can't quite remember if Mom did that......

[@Richardofdanbury]

This is the way Babcia prepared them back in the '50's and '60's. We also had them on Friday's being a day of Abstinence. We covered them with sour cream, applesauce or catsup. Mmm... good!

[@suehinze1566]

I always order potatoe pancakes with my Wisconsin traditional friday fish fry. Yum. Im going to try making these at home.