NORWEGIAN POTATO AND RYE PANCAKE FLATBREADS - LEFSE

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Norwegian Potato and Rye Pancake Flatbreads - Lefse image

These famous Norwegian Potato Pancakes are more like flatbreads; they are traditionally eaten with butter and cream as a dessert, or sprinkled with cinnamon sugar as an accompaniment to coffee. I think these would be wonderful eaten with fried bacon and mushrooms, for a delicious brunch and breakfast idea. The Norwegians will also eat these with local goat's cheese, snofrisk, or with dried/smoked reindeer meat.

Provided by French Tart

Categories     Dessert

Time 40m

Yield 12-16 Lefse, 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

500 g boiled potatoes, mashed
100 g rye flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
fat (for cooking)

Steps:

  • Put the mashed potatoes into a large bowl and add the flour, sugar and salt - mix well.
  • Add some water - bit by bit, kneading well so it makes a pliable dough.
  • Take little balls from the dough - the size of a small egg and roll them out thinly on a well floured surface.
  • Heat up a flat griddle, hotplate or skillet and cook the Lefse with a little fat until the dough bubbles.
  • Turn them over and cook the other side.
  • When the Lefse have been cooked - they should be smooth and soft.
  • Eat them as I have suggested in the Introduction!
  • For Vegetarian make sure the Fat is from a Vegetable product such as vegetable oil not from an animal product such as lard.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 133.4, Fat 0.4, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 392.2, Carbohydrate 30.3, Fiber 3.9, Sugar 1.6, Protein 3

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