Rösti¶

Rösti is a Swiss dish made of potatoes. I like it as a feast day breakfast along with bacon, egg, Mexican Black Beans, etc.

A nicely browned Rösti decorated with a rosemary twig

Ingredients¶

An image of three potatoes, a bowl, nutmeg, salt and pepper

a few peeled potatoes, waxy, as large as possible (easier peeling). Consider 120 g ± per person
nutmeg, salt, pepper, to taste

Grate potatoes coarsely
stir in nutmeg, salt, pepper

There is no need to put in additional starch flour, also no need to squeeze out excess water.
Slowly bring an iron pan to piping heat, add quite a lot of olive oil, kill to medium-high (about 7/9)
Grab a portion of the seasoned grated potatoes with your fist and place it in the pan, repeat for each portion
With a spatula, separate each portion, bring them into shape, and flatly press on top of them
Let the Maillard reaction do its magic: wait a couple of minutes until the bottom side gets hard and crispy. You now can carefully scrape the Rösti from the pan. Swirl them around a bit so they get in contact with still-hot areas on the pan
Switch back to high (9/9), give the pan a few seconds to suck in the heat
Flip the Rösti with the help of the spatula, pressing them again against the bottom of the pan afterward
Again kill the heat to med-high (~7/9) and wait until done. You want the Rösti like medium-rare :)