Ingredients
The following ingredients have 8 Servings
- 2 1/2 to 3 pounds medium-starch potatoes, such as Yukon Gold, peeled and quartered
- 12 whole garlic cloves, peeled
- Kosher salt
- 1/2 cup fine yellow cornmeal
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, more for frying
- Black pepper
Instruction
- Place potatoes, garlic and 1 teaspoon salt in a pot and add water to cover by 1 inch. Bring water to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook until potatoes are just tender all the way through, about 10 minutes. Drain potatoes, return to the pot, and shake over medium heat for 1 minute to dry them out.
- Add 3 tablespoons cornmeal and the parsley and mash everything together with a potato masher, leaving the mixture chunky.
- Whisk together egg, egg yolk, milk and 1 tablespoon oil in a small bowl. Stir mixture into potatoes and season with 2 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Let cool, then cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Form potato mixture into rounds about 3/4-inch thick. Put remaining cornmeal in a shallow dish.
- Working in batches, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Coat potato cakes on each side in cornmeal, brown on both sides in the skillet and transfer to a baking sheet. Repeat with remaining potato cakes, adding more oil as needed between batches. (At this point, cakes can be set aside at room temperature for up to 4 hours.)
- Bake until heated through, 10 to 15 minutes.
