Potato Pancakes: What To Eat With Potato Pancakes?

Potato pancakes – the side dishes for the crispy potato biscuits are as diverse as the names. Whether you prefer to choose classic side dishes, serving the fritters with savory companions, or as a sweet dessert is entirely up to you! We’ll show you how wonderfully versatile the side dishes for potato pancakes are.

The perfect potato pancake

In most families, the grandmother has the perfect recipe—or you try a whole new version. If you already know that you are going to choose a savory side dish, you can already season and vary the dough accordingly. With some unripe spelled sprouts, for example, you get a nutty aroma that goes well with classic side dishes such as applesauce.

Tip: To prevent the meal from becoming too greasy, turn your potato pancakes once on kitchen paper after frying and pat them dry! Otherwise, the dish quickly becomes too powerful, especially with hearty companions such as fried bacon.

Hearty side dishes for potato pancakes

With meat and fish, the potato pancake quickly becomes the main course. If you prefer vegetarian or vegan cuisine, you can also conjure up a perfect dinner with a green salad or tomatoes from simple ingredients. We particularly like these savory side dishes:

1. Smoked salmon
2. north sea crabs
3. caviar
4. diced bacon or bacon
5. Coarse liver sausage or black pudding
6. Hearty meat dishes such as grandma’s beef goulash or grandma’s classic beef roulade
7. sauerkraut
8. Fresh salads, such as colorful lettuce or tomato salad with onions and mozzarella

Tip: Dips such as quark, herbal cream cheese, or a horseradish dip are ideal for hearty, classic side dishes.

Sweet side dishes for potato pancakes

Whether as a dessert or as a sweet main course: potato pancakes are not only an absolute favorite food for children! Even if you are planning sweet companions for your menu, you should salt the dough for the potato pancakes sufficiently. These side dishes go perfectly with sweet potato pancakes:

1. applesauce
2. Sugar (and cinnamon)
3. Fruity jellies or jams, such as simple plum jam
4. Sweet compote like a fruity strawberry compote
5. Sugared Cream
6. Rum pot

Tip: If you want something exotic, you can season fruit compote with ginger or star anise. However, it has been shown that local fruit or berries go best with Soulfood potato pancakes – citrus fruits usually have too much acid.