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Dinner · Swiss · Weeknight

Rösti

This swiss classic works great together with fried eggs and steamed peas or spinach. Can be useful to get rid of leftover potatoes from the day before.

Open it in the app → Scaled list, tap-off ingredients, and cook mode with timers. The iPhone app is coming soon; the web mockup runs it now.

Ingredients serves 4

  • 800g (~1.5lb)potatoes (firm/waxy)
  • 2carrots
  • 500g (~1lb)peas or spinach
  • 4eggs
  • 2onions (medium size)
  • butter

Method one step at a time, with timers in the app

  1. Shred raw or cooked (but cool) potatoes with a grater. The shreds should be
  2. Dice the first onion and mix together with potatoes. You can also add diced
  3. Heat up some butter in a large pan. Add your mix to the pan on high heat.
  4. Reduce heat to medium-high. Form the Rösti into a round cack. It should fill
  5. Add some more butter flakes around the inside of the pan to get it under the
  6. It can take quite a while for a nice crust to form. Check after roughly 5-10
  7. While the Rösti is cooking dice the other onion and the carrots. Steam
  8. Alternatively you can use fresh or creamed spinach.
  9. When you're satisfied with the browning, flip the Rösti and set the heat to
  10. When the Rösti crispness is to your liking, remove from pan and fry two
  11. Top Rösti with eggs and serve with the peas or spinach.

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Original recipe by elias-pahls, published in the public domain by Public Domain Recipes (Unlicense). Shown as written; not yet tested in the Socrabites kitchen.