Comments on: Another classic Czech recipe: bramboraks (Potato Pancakes) / Bramboraky

By: Tenzin Burgess

Tenzin Burgess — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:54:35 +0000

Ahoj all
Are you supposed to boil the potatoes before you grate them? I seem to remember my students telling me specifically not to do that.
Best wishes
Tenz
ps @Tanjo- Myslim “Tanja” neni typicke ceske jmeno jste z Slezko nebo Morava?

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:40:45 +0000

Thank you. Is it possible that it can be made with Farina in addition to the flour? I am remembering her using that, but maybe I am confusing the dough for the peach dumplings she made……

By: Petra

Petra — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:16:56 +0000

Tina, everyone makes the potato dough a bit different. But these are the key ingredients, and you just add more flower to make the consistency right:
Potatoes – boiled in skin and peeled when cool, riced
Flower – the coarse kind, which can be difficult to find in regular stores (some people also use Semolina I think)
Eggs
Salt

By: Tanja

Tanja — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:16:27 +0000

Petro, is opelky the same as bramborove placky?

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:09:05 +0000

Petra! This looks just like them. Are they made with potatos? I don’t
read Czech. My Dad is 1st generation Czech/American and the language passed
on with my Gran. Dad could possibly translate but we live on opposite sides
of the country and he doesn’t do computers. So, is it possible to impose on
a bit of translation for this recipe? Most grateful and extatic, Tina
Sredl-Niedzwiecki

By: Petra

Petra — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:23:18 +0000

I think what Tina is talking about are “opelky”?
My grandma used to make them, but she cooked them directly on the top of a wood burning stove. You could do the same with just a dry non-stick frying pan.
I know many people fill them with jam or stewed apples. We used to layer them into a bowl, sprinkle generously with milled poppy seeds and sugar and poured over melted butter, or even better – melted lard! Then we’d just sit around the table with the bowl in the middle, reach in, roll up one of these delicious treats and it went straight into the mouth – no more dishes to clean up after!!!!
Here’s a link to something similar: http://www.mimibazar.cz/recept.php?id=73725

By: Tanja

Tanja — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:55:32 +0000

The only other breakfast pancake I can think of is vdolky or livance but they are not made out of potatoes Sorry I could not be more helpful, maybe someone else will here will be able to help you a bit more.

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:21:23 +0000

Good morning!
I am hoping you may know of a recipe that my grandmother made for us in the mornings. We called them potato pancakes but they are not the traditional ones. These are made from riced potatos and when put together are rolled out like a log and then cut into pieces that are rolled out paper thin like crepes and fried then placed on a paper towel to drain and filled with jam. My dad is in his 80′s and the only living relative that would have the recipe and he can’t remember or find it. I was hoping you may have some insight, as it may be just a family recipe, but I just had to ask!

By: AIU Festival–Fun, but Exhausting « Adventures in Japan

AIU Festival–Fun, but Exhausting « Adventures in Japan — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:24:26 +0000

[...] the help they could get to run their booth. We spent the evening making signs, cabbage stew, and bramborak. My job was blending the potatoes, which meant that I spent a lot of time kneeling on the floor [...]

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:33:38 +0000

Doubling of garlic and fine grating them is best. These are an amazing recipe! MMMMMMMMMMMMM