Polish regional cuisine
Placki ziemniaczane with mushroom cream

When classic Placki ziemniaczane meets a creamy mushroom cream, a simple potato dish becomes a truly well-rounded meal. Crispy potato pancakes and creamy sauce complement each other perfectly here.
Timing
- Prepare and fry Placki: approx. 50 minutes
- Mushroom cream: approx. 15 minutes
- Total: approximately 1 hour 5 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 565 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 14.3 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 66.3 g
- Fat
- ≈ 25.6 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 1 small onion · ≈ 100.0 g
- 1 tbsp butter · ≈ 13.65 g
- 1 tsp flour · ≈ 3.0 g
- 1 tsp chopped parsley · ≈ 5.0 g
- 1 basic recipe Placki ziemniaczane classic · ≈ 1462.0 g · Calculated from the linked base recipe
- 100 ml vegetable or mushroom stock · ≈ 100 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 1 basic recipe Placki ziemniaczane classic
- 300 g mushrooms or brown mushrooms
- 1 small onion
- 1 tbsp butter
- 150 ml cream
- 100 ml vegetable or mushroom stock
- 1 tsp flour
- 1 tsp chopped parsley
- Salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Prepare Placki ziemniaczane as in the basic recipe and bake in batches.
- For the mushroom cream, finely dice the onion and slice the mushrooms.
- Heat the butter in a pan, sauté the onions until translucent and then add the mushrooms.
- Fry the mushrooms for 5 to 7 minutes until they start to color and there is as little liquid as possible in the pan.
- Sprinkle flour over it, stir in briefly and deglaze with stock and cream.
- Let the sauce simmer gently for 3 to 5 minutes until it thickens creamy.
- Season with salt, pepper and parsley and serve the crispy placki directly with mushroom cream.





