
Norwegian Potato Lefse
Soft potato flatbread griddled and folded with butter and sugar — Norway's tender tradition.
- Total
- 25 min
- Serves
- 4
Norway's soft potato flatbread: mashed potato worked with cream, butter and flour, rolled paper-thin and griddled until flecked with golden spots. Lefse is folded around butter and sugar (or savory fillings) and eaten soft. It's a beloved holiday tradition — humble, tender and deeply comforting, the taste of a Norwegian kitchen.
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
Instructions
- Boil the potatoes. Peel the potatoes while still warm and run them through a potato ricer twice.
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- Let the potatoes cool in an uncovered bowl in the fridge.
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- Stir the salt, sugar, melted butter, and cream into the riced potatoes.
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- 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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- 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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- Heat up your griddle on medium/high heat.
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- 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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- 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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- Use the lefse stick to remove the lefse from the griddle and place it in a folded damp sheet or tablecloth.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 550
- Protein
- 6 g
- Fat
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 65 g
Adapted from scandinaviancookbook.com. Rewritten and re-photographed by MealIdeas.
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