Rösti

Servings: 4 to 6

Yield: 1 Rösti

Preparation Time:   45 minutes

Cooking Time:         20 minutes

Start to finish:          1:20

Ingredients

2 Lbs Russet Potatoes, boiled, cooled, shredded
Butter, sufficient to coat the skillet

Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Melt butter in the pan you are using (see notes) on medium-high heat.
2. Press shredded potatoes into pan.
3. Once potatoes have browned, turn over, press flat and cook until the new bottom has browned as well.  About 25 minutes. total
4. Place a plate into the pan, then turn the Rösti out onto the plate and serve.

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Rösti is just about as Swiss as you can get (other than fondue!).  It is common throughout the county and you can buy special pans, plates, even official Rösti potatoes!  Certainly, using either a non-stick pan or a well cured cast iron skillet will make this a much easier dish to prepare and clean up from!  However, this is not a difficult dish and the above instructions were my father’s process I observed.

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Variations

Parsley, bacon, onions, nutmeg, pepper and/or paprika all make traditional additions.

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Service

A Rösti is divided into pie shaped wedges for serving to the hungry hordes.  Fried eggs or applesauce are nice accompaniments.

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History

When we were really young, sometimes on a Saturday morning, we would wake up to the smell of father making this in the kitchen.  And he made the best Rösti of any I have ever had and it always came out perfectly … he was a fine cook but only would make this for us kids.

He would serve this on a dinner plate and armed with forks we would all dig in from the same plate.  Good Times.