Potato Rösti - My Sister's Way

This post is brought to you courtesy of my sister.  I've managed to do my ankle in (not sure what's wrong) so I've been limping like a 100 year-old woman (who could not jump out of the window and disappear.)  I asked my sister if she could kindly whip up a blog post for me, so she made her famous potato rösti.  My nephew was extremely grateful that I asked her, as it meant he got to eat rösti for his dinner.

golden and tender

Our mum and dad used to make a version of latkes/rösti when we were kids.  Dad bought this fabulous kitchen gadget to grate the potatoes.  It was fire-engine red, plastic and had a handle that you turned manually once the chunks of potato went into the funnel of the machine.  Not sure which brand he bought, but it was like this Skyline one from India.

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ingredients:



10 medium/large potatoes (about 2 kg/4.4 lb), grated coarsely

2 large eggs, beaten lightly

2 tbs plain flour

1 tsp sea salt

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

1 tbs Parmesan cheese, finely grated

1 tsp chicken stock powder

60 mLs olive oil

Salad and relish to serve


Method:


Grate the potatoes into a large mixing bowl

Add the 2 beaten eggs

Now whack in the rest of the ingredients

Give it a darn good stir together

Heat the oil in a large frypan

Form the potato mixture into patties or just throw in as one humungous pattie:=)

Cook on a medium heat for 15-20 minutes, then flip it/them over - (if you're making small patties, cook for about 10 mins. per side)

Cook on the flip side for another 15 minutes, or till tender

Serve with a salad and a relish


Notes:

Don't worry about the size of the spuds too much!  It'll be all right in the end, and if it's not all right, it's not the end:) - as John Lennon may or may not have been the first to say

peel your potatoes

and grate those tuberous little suckers   

et voilà - grated potatoes

beat those babies

everything goes into the mixing bowl 

squish it down in your pan

flip it out when golden and tender

Sis said to say she is in the midst of kitchen renos at the moment, so only has an electric frypan to cook in.  Sadly the rösti stuck a bit.  No worries, mate:=)  Still tastes fab of course.  You can have a big slab as a main, or cut into smaller pieces as a side.  Goes well with chicken or beef.  Not that my vego sister would do that:=)  

serve with salad and relish

Thanks heaps sis for your help!  I'm still limping around, but hopefully the ankle will be a lot better soon.

sis and her newest granddaughter earlier this year

potatoey artwork by sherry's pickings