Recipe review: Potato Cakes page 184 UK Basic Cookbook

[Decadent Dot]

Potato Cakes Page 184

I made this recipe as per the book/chip instruction. I found the result was too wet but I fried a couple anyway. I overcooked them as you can see because they appeared to be raw in the middle and they didn't hold together. They actually tasted nice but the batter for want of a better word I felt was not pulsed enough. I returned the remaining batter to the bowl and added 15g of  extra corn flour and 15g of oats. I gave it an extra 16 secs at speed 7. This did seem to get rid of some of the liquid but I was not convinced that it looked right. I would be glad of anyone describing just what the batter should look like. I am starting to think that cooked potato should be used and not raw. What do you think?
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[Cornish Cream]

I haven't made this recipe (yet) Dot but I have made another Potato Pancake recipe off the forum and that used raw potato.If you read my posting I was very careful about the size of potato and the time/speed of chopping.

[judydawn]

I think the TMX versions everywhere are chopped too much DD.  I've given up and now use a hand grater but I did have more success by chopping much less than the EDC recipe here said.  I think European countries have a much different version to our Australian one which we call Mock Fish.