Latkes / Potato Pancakes

Steps

1. Put the frying pan on medium heat with vegetable oil about ½" deep to warm up.
2. Peel the potatoes
3. Put the grater blade in the Cuisinart and grate them, put the knife in and grind up a bit more until the shreds are maybe ½" long
4. Put the grated potato in a sieve or cheesecloth over a bowl and squeeze it. Starch will immediately come out of the liquid. Discard the liquid and keep the starch in the bowl. Put the potato in the bowl.
5. Peel the onion and grind it fairly fine using the same technique - grate then chop with the blade. Add to the bowl.
6. Turn the oil in the pan up to high.
7. Break the egg into the Cuisinart and process for a few seconds. Use the rubber scraper to clean the Cuisinart bowl into the mixing bowl.
8. Add flour, pepper, and salt to the bowl and mix well.
9. With your hand, scoop a handful of mixture out, form into a patty, lay gently onto the flipper and place into the oil. Repeat to cook probably 6 patties at a time.
10. Cook over high heat until deep golden brown on the underside - maybe 4 minutes, flip and cook for a little less. Put on a rack in the oven on 200 to keep warm.
11. Repeat for rest of mixture.
12. While it's cooking, make the applesauce - just puree apples with ascorbic acid/ vitamin C tablets in the cuisinart.
13. Serve with the applesauce and sour cream.