Norwegian Potato Lefse

Norwegian Potato Lefse

Cuisine: Norway

Norwegian Potato Lefse is a home-style staple dish. Ingredients and step-by-step instructions are below, with notes for home cooking.

Ingredients

  • 3 Lbs Potatoes
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar
  • 1/4 cup Melted Butter
  • 1/4 cup Heavy Cream
  • 1 1/2 cups All purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup Flour
  • 14 tablespoons Butter
  • 3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Heavy Cream

Steps

  1. Boil the potatoes. Peel the potatoes while still warm and run them through a potato ricer twice.
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  3. Let the potatoes cool in an uncovered bowl in the fridge.
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  5. Stir the salt, sugar, melted butter, and cream into the riced potatoes.
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  7. 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.
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  9. 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.
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  11. Heat up your griddle on medium/high heat.
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  13. 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.
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  15. 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.
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  17. Use the lefse stick to remove the lefse from the griddle and place it in a folded damp sheet or tablecloth.