- 1 Sweet potato
- 2 turnips
- 2 parsnips
- 2 cloves of minced garlic
- 2 large eggs
- 2 Tablespoons of flour
- Salt
- Pepper
- Canola oil
- Wash, peel and shred the sweet potato, turnips and parsnips
- Transfer the shredded vegetables to a colander lined with a clean kitchen towel, let it sit for about 10 minutes and drain then twist the towel to wring out all the moisture you can
- Transfer the now dry shredded veggies to a bowl
- Add the flour, eggs, salt and pepper and mix well
- Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and line a baking dish with paper towels
- Heat a skillet, I use cast iron, over medium heat with 1/4 cup of oil
- Carefully drop 2-3 Tablespoons of batter into the pan and use a fork to spread it into a 3 inch pancake
- Crisp the pancakes about 3 minutes on each side, but make sure they don't burn, just a crispy brown color
- Transfer the cooked pancakes to the baking dish and I sprinkle with a little salt
- Serve them with sour cream or applesauce
I washed, peeled and shredded these guys in my food processor. Veggies can carry a lot of liquid and that doesn’t help when you are making pancakes so you need to give them time to drain. I put a clean kitchen towel in a colander and let the shredded veggies sit there for 10-15 minutes. I then wring the veggies out over the sink to squeeze out any liquid I can. The drier they are the better the pancake holds together.
Into a bowl goes the shredded veggies, egg, flour, salt and pepper. Mix it together until well combined, you want all of the vs needs to be coated. Then set up a station with a hot skillet and oil, a dish with paper towels to hold the cooked pancakes and your bowl of, well, basically mush at this point.
Taking small mound fills of the mixture, carefully put them into the hot skillet and squish them down a bit. Cook them about 3 minutes per side, until they are brown and crispy.
You don’t want to over crowd the pan so cook only a few at a time. To keep them warm you can put a dish in the oven at a low 175 degrees, just keep adding the cooked pancakes to he dish as you go.
When they are all cooked you can serve them with applesauce or sour cream. They were tender, with a bit of a crunch still, sweet and delicious. Misfits? I think not. Enjoy!
