4 from 3 votes
Rösti - Swiss potato pancake
Rösti is a traditional Swiss pancake made from grated potatoes, baked until perfectly crispy on the outside, while remaining tender inside.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Total Time
17 mins
Servings:
1
to 2 servings
Calories:
375 kcal
Course:
Breakfast, Snacks, Bread, Dinner
Cuisine:
European, Swiss
Ingredients
- 2 cups potato grated
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil, more to taste
- 2 pinches black pepper
- sea salt to taste, Celtic variety
Instructions
- Peel and grate the potatoes.
- Put it in a bowl and add salt and pepper to taste. Let it sit a moment while you heat up the pan.
- Put some oil in the pan and all of the potatoes. Divide it evenly with a spatula. If some gratings stick out on the side, go around the edges and push them in a bit. Press the potato gratings down firmly in the pan: everywhere and all around.
- Let it bake for 5 minutes. Set the temperature to high, otherwise it will burn. I use induction and I set my larges spot on 7 (out of 9). But that will be different for other ways of cooking. Better too low than too high!
- Try to loosen the potatoes from the outside in. Try to go under (you will need a really flat spatula) and loosen it all the way to the middle, but don't lift or flip it yet.
- Put a plate on top. The plate needs to be up side down. Press it down and then hold it while you turn your whole pan upside down. Because you have loosened the pancake it will be (and stay) on the plate.
- Put your pan back on the stove. Add in some oil again, let the pancake slide into the pan. Bake this side for 5 minutes as well.
- If you want the sides to be a bit crispier nog you can turn on the heat a bit higher now.
- Serve in the pan with the spatula or serve in quarters directly to the plate.
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Notes
- Nutrition values include the use of extra virgin olive oil. When left out almost fatfree.
Nutrition Information
Calories
375kcal
(19%)
Carbohydrates
57g
(19%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
14g
(22%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
(12%)
Monounsaturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Sodium
20mg
(1%)
Potassium
1374mg
(29%)
Fiber
8g
(32%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
17IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
63mg
(70%)
Calcium
47mg
(5%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1 to 2 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 375
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 375kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 57g | 19% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Sodium | 20mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 1374mg | 29% |
| Fiber | 8g | 32% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 17IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 63mg | 70% |
| Calcium | 47mg | 5% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.