Rösti Recipe | How to Make Traditional Swiss Rösti

What is Rösti?

Roesti used to be the breakfast dish of Swiss farmers. However, today this grated and fried potato cake finds its place on the tables as a main dish or snack at any time of the day.

When making rösti, Swiss people use different methods. Each region has its own rösti recipe.

I will be sharing a few of these methods with you below.

Ingredients for Rösti Recipe

• 4 medium potatoes
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 spoons of cream cheese (optional)
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of black pepper
• A pinch of nutmeg
• Butter

How to Make Potato Rösti?

1. Boil the potatoes. (Ideally, it is recommended to boil it overnight in order to grate properly and keep the potatoes in the refrigerator after cooling them completely)
2. The next day, take the boiled potatoes out of the fridge, peel them and grate in a bowl.
3. Take the boiled potatoes out of the fridge the next day, peel them and grate in a bowl.
4. Heat the oil over high heat in a pan.
5. Take a large tablespoon of the mixture, drop it into the oil, press it to take the shape of the pan and cook until the bottom is brown. (12-15 minutes)
6. When the bottom turns brown, add a little more oil to the pan. Turn the rösti over and fry the other side. (Another 12-15 minutes)

How to Serve Potato Rösti?

• If you wish, you can add bacon into the grated potato and cook it together, or you can put the bacon on the rösti while serving.
• Apart from that, you can add caramelized onion, cheese or fried eggs on the rösti.
• While cooking, you can add onion or any cheese you like, and serve apple paste with it.

Rösti Recipe Tips

• You need to use a non-stick pan.
• Tavaya koyduğunuz patates karışımı çok kalın olmamalı. İnce bir tabaka halinde koyarsanız her yeri eşit pişer ve içi çiğ kalmaz.

Do you want to know more about the other Swiss food? Then have a look at here: Swiss Food

You can also browse here for different recipes and information from the world cuisine!

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