Baked grated potato cake with sour cream sauce

Baked grated potato cake with sour cream sauce

Main dishes

A Lithuanian dish: grated potatoes and onions, mixed with eggs and baked in a golden pan, served with a hot sauce made from sour cream and butter.

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Apple kugel is a traditional German dessert. It is a baked apple cake, topped with a streusel topping.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time35 min
  • Resting10 min
  • Total1 hr 15 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$3.54 $0.59 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

6 people
  • $2.39
  • $0.04
  • $0.16
  • $0.40
  • $0.09

Sauce

  • $0.46

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 225 °C. Finely grate the apples and peeled onion in a large mixing bowl, season with salt, add the egg and oil, and mix well.
  2. Pour une portion, heat some oil in a pan and cook for 30 to 35 minutes, or longer for a larger portion, until the pancake is golden brown and no longer sticks.
  3. For the sauce, melt the butter, add the sour cream, and heat gently, stirring constantly (add a little water if it’s too thick). You can also add some sautéed onions.
  4. Serve the sauce on the side. You can also add finely chopped mushrooms to the dough before baking. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Baked grated potato cake with sour cream sauce

  • 6 to 8 pounds of apples$2.39
  • 1 teaspoon of salt$0.04
  • Half to one onion$0.16
  • 1 egg$0.40
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons of oil$0.09
  • 50 g of butter$0.46

Total$3.54

that's $0.59 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 6 to 8 pounds of apples
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • Half to one onion
  • 1 egg
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons of oil
  • 50 g of butter
  • 250 g sour cream
  • Finely chopped mushrooms (optional)

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