5 from 12 votes
Lokše Potato Flatbread
Lokše is a traditional Slovak potato flatbread made from skinless boiled potatoes and flour, rolled thin and pan-fried until golden. The dough puffs slightly during cooking, forming tender, soft flatbreads with characteristic blisters. They are typically brushed with pork lard or butter after cooking to enhance flavor and then spread with plum jam before rolling up as a sweet treat.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings:
6
pieces
Calories:
215 kcal
Course:
Snacks
Ingredients
- 1 pound potato skinless boiled
- 1 cup all-purpose flour plus for dusting worktop while rolling up the potato dough
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- pork lard or goose lard / butter, for topping cooked lokše
- ½ cup plum jam or other solid jam, for filling
Instructions
- Peel 1 pound potatoes and boil them in lightly salted water until tender. Allow them to cool down. Finely grate the cooled potatoes using a hand grater with small holes.
- Add 1 cup all-purpose flour and ¼ teaspoon salt to the grated potatoes, and mix until you have a smooth, non-sticky potato dough.
- Divide the dough into equally sized pieces. Dust the work surface with flour. Roll out each piece of dough into a thin circle, approximately 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter.
- Preheat an iron skillet over medium-high heat. Fry each Lokše on the dry pan, cooking both sides until golden brown.
- Brush the hot Lokše on both sides with melted pork lard or butter. Allow them to cool for a while, then spread with jam, roll them up, and enjoy!
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Notes
- Use just enough flour in the dough to make it non-sticky; too much flour makes the flatbreads dense.
- Lokše dough puffs and forms blisters when properly fried, indicating the ideal soft and tender texture.
- Clean the pan between batches to avoid burned flour affecting the flavor of subsequent flatbreads.
Nutrition Information
Calories
215kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
49g
(16%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
0.3g
(0%)
Saturated Fat
0.1g
(1%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.1g
(1%)
Monounsaturated Fat
0.03g
(0%)
Sodium
63mg
(3%)
Potassium
363mg
(8%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
15g
(30%)
Vitamin A
2IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
17mg
(19%)
Calcium
18mg
(2%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6 pieces
Amount Per Serving
Calories 215
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 215kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 49g | 16% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 0.3g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.03g | 0% |
| Sodium | 63mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 363mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 2IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 17mg | 19% |
| Calcium | 18mg | 2% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.