Description

When you are making potato cakes, fill them with a great ground beef, onion and mushroom filling. It turns the potato cakes into a main dish that's hearty, comforting and delicious.

Ingredients

• Cakes:
• 2 lb. potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1/2 c. plain flour
• salt and pepper, to taste
• Mushroom Beef Filling:
• 1 T. oil
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 lb. ground beef
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 8 oz. mushrooms, finely diced
• 1/2 t. chili flakes
• 1/4 c. beef stock
• 1 T. fresh dill, roughly chopped
• salt and pepper, to taste
• vegetable oil, for frying
• sour cream, for serving

Steps

1. Add diced potatoes to a large pot; cover with cold water; bring to a boil; lower heat; simmer until cooked through, 20-30 minutes. Drain; mash potatoes; season well with salt and pepper, to taste. Let cool while making the filling.
2. Heat oil in a skillet; sauté onions and beef for about 5-7 minutes; add garlic, mushrooms, chili flakes; season to taste with salt and pepper. Add beef stock; cook about 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat; sprinkle in chopped dill.
3. Mix flour into mashed potatoes. Take about 3 T. dough and flatten it out into a flat patty; repeat with remaining dough. Add about 1 T. mushroom beef mixture in the middle of each patty; top with another patty; shape and flatten a little bit into round potato cakes. Repeat with remaining patties and meat mixture.