Midwestern Hashbrowns
Ingredients:
3 cups finely shredded raw potatoes
1 Tbsp grated onion
1 tbsp chopped parsley
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp black pepper
3 Tbsp butter, bacon drippings or other fat
Instructions:
Combine all the ingredients, except the fat
Put the fat into a heated heavy 9" fry pan
Spread potato mixture over the bottom of the pan and, with a spatula press it down to form a cake
Sauté slowly, shaking the potatoes from time to time to keep from sticking
When bottom is brown, cut potato layer in half and turn each with two spatulas
Pour ¼ cup cream over the potatoes
Brown the second side and serve immediately
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