Recipe imo mochi, Japanese potato pancake
Try to prepare delicious imo mochi, potato cakes with soy sauce and butter, which are eaten as an appetizer. We added some cheese to give them an even more gourmet touch!
Equipment
- 1 Stove
- 1 Saucepan
Ingredients
- 400 g of potato
- 1 tbsp of milk
- 1 tbsp cornstarch or potato starch
- 40 g of cheese
- 20 g of salted butter
- 2 tbsp of soy sauce
- salted butter for cooking
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes, remove the sprouts if present, and wash them. In a large pot of boiling water, add the potatoes and cook until the tip of a knife fits easily. Allow about 20 minutes depending on the size of your potatoes. You can put a lid on to speed up the cooking time.
- Drain them and mash them with a fork or a puree press. Add the milk and potato starch, mix well until you obtain a paste, then divide it into 5 equal parts. Divide the cheese and salted butter into 5 equal parts.
- Shape the imo mochi: in one hand, take a potato ball and stuff it with cheese. Shape it into a thick round cake.
- In a pan heated to medium heat, add salted butter and brown your imo mochi. Put your imo mochi in a plate and add the soy sauce in the melted butter remaining in the pan. This sauce will be used to coat your imo mochi with a brush.
- Arrange them on a plate and coat them with the hot butter and soy sauce mixture. Finish by adding the small squares of salted butter on top and that's it!
