Best The Lost Art Of Lefse Making Step By Step Recipes

LEFSE

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large saucepan; add water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until tender, 10-12 minutes. Drain. Press through a potato ricer or strainer into a large bowl. Stir in cream, shortening, sugar and salt. Cool completely. , Preheat griddle over medium-high heat. Stir flour into potato mixture. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead 6-8 times or until smooth and combined. Divide into 12 portions. Roll each portion between 2 sheets of waxed paper into an 8-in. circle., Place on griddle; cook until lightly browned, 2-3 minutes on each side. Remove to a platter; cover loosely with a kitchen towel. Repeat with remaining portions. When cool, stack lefse between pieces of waxed paper or paper towels and store in an airtight container.

THE LOST ART OF LEFSE MAKING (STEP-BY-STEP)

Steps:

• SPECIAL EQUIPMENT.
• Potato Ricer.
• Electric Lefse Pan (or substitute electric griddle or nonstick griddle).
• Lefse Stick (substitute long wooden handle of spoon or even better, an unused wooden paint can stirrer).
• Grooved Lefse Rolling Pin (regular pin can work).
• Canvas covering for your rolling pin is also desirable.
• INSTRUCTIONS:.
• Night before making lefse, peel, dice (1 inch pieces or so) and cook potatoes in boiling water until tender (about 20 minutes). Drain and return to still warm cooking pot over just turned off burner to allow potatoes to let off any extra steam so they don't have extra water.
• Rice potatoes with potato ricer over butter/margarine until you have added 8 cups riced. Add sugar, salt, and vegetable oil. Stir until everything is melted.
• Store mixture overnight in cool spot covered with paper towel.
• Next morning, rice the mixture again through your potato ricer into a large bowl. Divide riced mixture into two batches.
• Sift and mix one cup flour into one batch. Place the other in refrigerator until later.
• Divide the batch you have added the flour to into 1/4 C to 1/3 C patties (smaller amount is easier for beginner). Keep two or three patties out for rolling. Refrigerate the remaining patties on a cookie sheet (keeping them cool helps with rolling with as little flour as possible, the key to really thin lefse).
• Heat your Electric Lefse Pan or if using griddle to medium heat.
• Flour rolling pin and board (if possible cover them with canvas and then flour). Roll each pattie as thin as possible, using flour as needed to prevent sticking, but as little as possible. Turn over once when rolling, lightly flouring board again.
• Using your lefse stick, place stick on left end of lefse. Flip dough over stick and roll to right to roll up lefse on stick.
• Place it on right side of Lefse pan or griddle and unroll. Lefse will begin bubbling and lightly browning. The more "bubbling " the more tender it will be. Use stick again to turn over and cook other side.
• Remove lightly browned round from lefse pan or skillet with lefse stick, fold round into quarters and let cool on paper towels. Overlap each folded round slightly as you let cool to prevent edges from drying out.
• Once finished with first batch, Mix one cup flour into remaining riced mix and repeat as above.
• Let lefse cool completely before wrapping in plastic wrap and refrigerating or freezing in plastic bags.
• Spread with butter, sprinkle with sugar, and warm slightly in microwave to eat in the traditional way.

LEFSE

Steps:

• peel, wash, and dry the potatoes.
• grate them using a hand grater or a food processor.
• add the milk, salt, flour and mix well.
• cover with a damp towel and let sit overnight.
• the next day: on a flour covered board, roll out dough very thin.
• Cut it into 6" round circles.
• transfer to heated non-stick griddle or skillet one at a time and lightly cook on each side until it gets little brown spots.
• wrap in warm towel until ready to serve.

HEALTHY LEBANESE TABBOULEH, NO TOMATO, NO CUCUMBER VERSION!

Steps:

• Cover burgul/ cracked wheat with cold water in a bowl, there should be about 2.5cm (1 inch) water above the wheat. Soak for 30 minutes, use a sieve to drain it well and spread it out on a clean tea towel to dry off it bit.
• Using a blender or food processor finely pulse parsley and mint.
• Mix the cracked wheat, mint, parsley, spring onions, olive oil, lemon rind and juice together and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Garnish with lemon wedges and fresh mint sprigs.

ROAST TURKEY (EASY STEPS FOR NEW COOKS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325f and put a rack in a roasting pan.
• N.B. If you use a foil roasting pan have it seated firmly on a solid tray do not attempt to carry it on it's own without bottom support.
• Remove neck& giblets from the cavity of the bird Rinse turkey thoroughly inside and out patting it dry with a paper towel.
• Sprinkle salt& pepper inside and over the skin of the bird Stuff the bird with dressing.
• N.B. Do not do this until just before you are going to cook the bird.
• Stuff the neck cavity as well as the body cavity.
• Secure the neck flap with a skewer or stitch it Tie drumsticks together and close the body cavity securely.
• In a small bowl combine butter,rosemary, sage& thyme, mix well Gently loosen the skin covering the breast, be careful not to tear it Spread herb mixture under the skin and over it Place turkey on rack in the roasting pan Roast the turkey basting every 20 minutes or so If the bird begins to brown too soon place a piece of tin foil loosely over it.
• The bird is cooked when a meat thermometer reaches 180 degrees in the thickest part of the thigh Apprx 5 1/2 hours Remove turkey from roaster and let stand for 25 minutes Remove ALL the stuffing from the bird, Carve and Serve (Left over turkey and stuffing can be frozen as long as you freeze them separately) Make gravy in the roasting pan while the turkey is resting (a separate recipe will be posted or try one that is already posted).