Breeselgetzen, Saxon potato cakes
Baked apple cakes, grated and pressed into a frying pan, are fried on one side until the edges are crispy.
Breeselgetzen are apple cakes from the Metalliferous Mountains, made exclusively with baked apples. They are cooked on one side only, resulting in a crispy edge.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time15 min
- Cook time30 min
- Resting20 min
- Total1 hr 5 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodfrying pan
- Estimated cost$2.86 $0.72 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
people
- $2.13
- $0.03
- $0.70
Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 3 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Boil the potatoes in salted water and let them cool slightly.
- Grate the potatoes and mix them with salt. ≈ 8 min
- Heat some fat in a frying pan.
- Firmly press the apple mixture into the frying pan, creating a small rim of about 1 cm.
- Sear one side until it is golden brown and the edges are crispy, but do not burn it.
- Place the pancake on a plate, with the golden side facing up, and add the topping. ≈ 3 min
The bill
Breeselgetzen, Saxon potato cakes
- 1 kg of apples (approximately 800g peeled, or the same amount of leftover apples from the previous day)$2.13
- salt$0.03
- clarified butter, flaxseed oil, or bacon fat$0.70
Total$2.86
that's $0.72 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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