Potato Patties Kiev-style (russian Or Ukrainian)

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 lbs potatoes
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons potato starch
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup dried mushroom
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 4 tablespoons breadcrumbs
• fresh dill (optional)
• butter (for frying, and oil)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 wash and peel potatoes. boil potatoes; mash. dissolve the flour in a litle cold water. add that to the potatoes, along with the butter and eggs. sprinkle with salt. stir well.
• 2 for filling: wash and soak mushrooms in cold water for 60 minutes. cook them in the same water for 30-40 min, then chop finely.
• 3 let milk come to room temp or scald.
• 4 in butter, melt butter; brown 3 t. flour and a little salt. constantly stirring, pour over the scalded milk. mix until it gets thick.
• 5 add chopped mushrooms; stir well.
• 6 divide potatoe mixture into portions. in the center of each one, put a spoonfull of the mushroom sauce. pat into and oval shape. dip into beaten eggs and roll in breadcrumbs.
• 7 in oil (or an oil/butter mixture perhaps), fry until golden on both sides.
• 8 serve with remaining mushroom sauce, sprinkled with the dill.