Swiss potato rösti

Rsti is such a favorite in Switzerland they've a special platter to dish out this potato recipe known as rsti-teller. You'll easily find them as rsti-tellers are sold all over Switzerland. They often have decorations and are so colorful to merit hanging on kitchen walls as an ornament. Some will have local proverbs -different from one canton to the other- or rsti recipes. So try to serve rösti in a rsti-teller -the serving plate fashioned for the task.

Swiss rösti recipe

Rsti is made with onions, Appenzeller cheese, or caraway seeds in German cantons, while you'll see tomatoes, sweet paprika, and Gruyere cheese in French cantons and appreciate the addition of rosemary in the Italian ones.

Ingredients

Procedure

1. Peel potatoes and grate them coarsely into a large bowl. Add green onions, caraway seeds, salt, and pepper, and mix well.
2. Melt butter over medium-high heat in a large skillet. Add potato mixture and form into a round cake shape with a spatula. Reduce heat to low and continue to cook, pressing to make the cake compact, for 10-15 minutes.
3. When a nice brown crust forms on the bottom, turn rosti over. Cook the other side for a further 3 to 4 minutes -still pressing to make a compact cake.
4. Pour the broth over, cover the skillet, and cook until the other side browns nicely, about 7-10 minutes.
5. Slide the rosti cake onto a plate and serve.

Cooking Tips

• Substitute lard with butter, margarine or vegetable cooking oil -olive oil- to reduce cholesterol.
• If using butter or margarine, substituting milk with the same amount of half and half or light cream will give rosti a sweeter flavor.
• A non-stick skillet will help the first time you make rosti.
• To turn over, slide rosti onto a large plate. Invert the skillet over the plate. Grip skillet and plate together and flip over in one fluid movement. The rosti will fall into the pan. Leave the plate aside. Don't forget to use pot holders as the skillet and the rosti will be hot. If you use a flat pan lid, the handle on the lid would make the task easier.
• Cooking time will depend on the size of your pan and how thick is your rosti. It should cook slowly until done inside and brown on the outside.
• Add other ingredients to flavor rosti. For rosti with bacon, saute 3 oz bacon cut into fine strips and 1 chopped onion until onion is translucent before adding the potatoes -skip the green onions and caraway seeds.

Recipe type

Dinner, Gluten free, Dairy free, Egg free, Light meal, Main meal, Side Dish.