Herbed Rösti Potato Cake Recipes

HERBED RöSTI POTATO CAKE

Steps:

• Cover potatoes generously with well-salted cold water in a large pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer potatoes, partially covered, until they are just barely tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Transfer potatoes to a colander using a slotted spoon, rinse under cold water to stop the cooking, and dry.
• Chill potatoes on a plate, uncovered, at least 8 hours.
• Peel potatoes and coarsely grate into a large bowl. Add thyme, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 3/4 teaspoon pepper, then drizzle with 2 tablespoons butter and toss mixture well.
• Heat oven to 375°F with rack in middle.
• Heat oil and 1 tablespoon butter in skillet over medium-high heat until foam subsides, then add potato mixture and tamp it down firmly in skillet with a rubber spatula, smoothing the top.
• Reduce heat to medium and cook potato cake, covered with a lid, until edges begin to turn golden, about 5 minutes.
• Remove lid, then bake potato cake, uncovered, 10 minutes.
• Brush top of potato cake with remaining 2 tablespoons butter.
• Turn on broiler and broil potato cake, 4 to 5 inches from heat, until golden brown, 3 to 7 minutes.
• Remove skillet from oven carefully (wear oven mitts!). Run the rubber spatula around the edge of the cake to loosen it from the skillet.
• Invert a large round heat-proof plate over skillet and invert potato cake onto plate.
• Cut into wedges and serve.

CHEESE ROSTI

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, and let cool. Once cool, peel and grate potatoes.
• Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in large nonstick skillet, add a layer of potatoes and a layer of cheese, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Repeat layers. Dot each layer with remaining butter. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons hot water over the top layer, cover and saute at low to medium heat until bottom layer browns. Turn with spatula and brown again.

ROSTI POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Shred potatoes on the large holes of a box grater. Wrap potatoes in a clean kitchen towel; squeeze out liquid. Place in a medium bowl; toss with salt and pepper.
• Heat half the butter in a 9- or 10-inch ovenproof nonstick saute pan over medium-low heat. Spread potatoes in pan evenly; press down with a spatula to flatten cake. Cook until bottom is golden and turning crisp, about 18 minutes.
• Remove pan from heat. Invert cake onto a plate; slide back into pan. Return to heat, and spoon remaining butter around edges of pan. Cook until other side begins to get crisp, about 10 minutes, shaking pan several times to loosen.
• Transfer to oven until cooked through and tender in the center, about 12 minutes. Cut into wedges, and serve.

OVEN-BAKED RöSTI CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Dry-fry the bacon in a pan for 5 mins until crisp, then chop into small pieces. Boil the whole potatoes for 5 mins, drain, then place in a bowl of chilled water.
• When cool enough to handle, pat the potatoes dry and roughly grate into a large bowl. Toss with the oil as you go, to stop them from sticking. Roughly grate the onion and squeeze out any excess juice, then stir into the potatoes along with the bacon.
• Place a baking sheet in the oven for 5 mins to warm through. Liberally grease a 23cm loose-bottomed cake tin with butter. Scatter the potato over the tin, trying not to pack it down, then dot all over the top with butter. Place on the hot baking sheet and bake in the oven for 1 hr 20 mins until the potatoes are cooked through and crisp on top.

HERBED POTATO ROSTI

Steps:

• Shred the unpeeled potatoes using a food processor or box grater. Squeeze all the water out of the potatoes. Toss the potatoes with half of each the parsley and green onion, the rosemary, pepper and salt until well combined. Divide the mixture into four equal portions.
• Heat half the butter in a large, nonstick skillet set over high heat. When the butter foams, add the potato mixture and, using a silicone spatula, form into 4 individual disks of equal thickness. Reduce the heat to medium-high and cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until underside is set and a golden crust forms.
• Add the remaining butter and gently turn rosti; cook for an additional 5 minutes or until the rosti are golden brown and bubbles are actively forming in the centre of each disk. Drain on paper towel.
• Meanwhile combine sour cream with remaining parsley, green onion and mustard. Serve with warm rosti.

GARLIC RöSTI POTATOES

Steps:

• Cover potatoes with cold water in 3-quart saucepan. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 25 to 30 minutes or just until tender. Drain and let cool until easy enough to handle.
• Grate potatoes; toss with onion, parsley and garlic.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in 10-inch skillet. Shape potato mixture into patties with fingers; add to skillet. Cook uncovered over medium-high heat about 7 minutes or until bottom is golden brown; turn patty onto heatproof platter.
• Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in skillet. Turn patty, uncooked side down, into skillet. Cook uncovered over medium-high heat about 7 minutes or until bottom is golden brown.
• Turn patty onto heatproof platter. Sprinkle with cheese. Set oven control to broil. Broil patty with top 3 inches from heat about 1 minute or until cheese is melted.