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German Savory Potato Cake Kartoffelkuchen

Germans love to serve rich, savory pastries - especially with potatoes and/or onion. This one is flavored with ham, garlic,and rosemary. This makes a great appetizer or if served with a salad, a nice accompaniment for lunch. This would be nice as a brunch item. Translated directly from the german version i found in schoener essen" magazine."

Steps

Peel and wash the potatoes.
Divide the potatoes into two even portions.
Take one portion cut them into halves , then place in salted water and cook about 20 minutes , until soft enough to mash.
Shred the remaining raw potatoes.
Place 50 grams of the butter in a heated pan.
Saut the onion and the ham chunks together in the butter.
Add the shredded potato and turning them over occasionally with a spatula , cook together for about 5-8 minutes.
Remove from the pan and let cool.
Drain the potatoes that have been cooking in the water and mash them.
Mix together with the remaining 125 grams of butter , the flour , and some salt & pepper , kneading together to make a dough.
Using the wrapper from your butter , grease a large rectangular rimmed baking tin about 32 x 39 cm in size and then dust pan with breadcrumbs.
Press out the potato dough evenly to form a crust in the pan.
Strip the rosemary leaves from their stems and chop them.
Whisk together the eggs , rosemary , garlic , s.

Ingredients

potatoes, salt & pepper, caraway seed, onion, butter, ham, flour, dry breadcrumbs, fresh rosemary, garlic clove, sour cream, eggs, rosemary