Home Norwegian Potato Lefse
Ingredients
- Potatoes - 3 Lbs
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Sugar - 1 teaspoon
- Melted Butter - 1/4 cup
- Heavy Cream - 1/4 cup
- All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups
- Flour - 1/2 cup
- Butter - 14 tablespoons
- Granulated Sugar - 3/4 cup
- Heavy Cream - 1 tablespoon
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Instructions
- Boil the potatoes.
- Peel the potatoes while still warm and run them through a potato ricer twice.
- ▢ Let the potatoes cool in an uncovered bowl in the fridge.
- ▢ Stir the salt, sugar, melted butter, and cream into the riced potatoes.
- ▢ Slowly add the flour and knead by hand until you get a good consistency.
- Don't add more flour than necessary! Roll the dough into a long sausage and divide into about 7 or 8 pieces if using an 18 inch griddle.
- If using a smaller griddle or frying pan, divide the dough into 10 – 12 pieces.
- ▢ Roll each piece into a ball and then press into a flat circle, using the edges of your hands to form the dough into a nice circle shape without any cracks.
- This is important, otherwise you won't get round lefser.
- ▢ Heat up your griddle on medium/high heat.
- ▢ Flour your rolling surface and roll the lefse dough into a large circle slightly smaller than your griddle or frying pan.
- Begin rolling with a smooth rolling pin, then switch to a corrugated rolling pin as the lefse gets thinner.
- Don't use too much flour, as then the edges can become hard.
- ▢ Roll the lefse onto your lefse stick and then gently unroll it onto your griddle.
- After a minute or two check the underside of the lefse for brown spots and then use the lefse stick to flip the lefse and cook on the other side.
- ▢ Use the lefse stick to remove the lefse from the griddle and place it in a folded damp sheet or tablecloth.