I had fun making some new tasty savoury treats last week. I had been saying for a while that I wanted to try something new with our meals, I get bored of having the same stuff all the time. So the book my mum bought me for Christmas about different ways of using potatoes in food was really useful. There are loads of new things I want to cook now!
I started simple, and went with home made rosties. Here’s what you need:
- 3 good-sized potatoes
- 1 white onion
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
- salt & cracked black pepper
- Olive oil
(serves 2)
Peel the potatoes and grate them using an ordinary cheese grater. Peel the onion and chop up finely. Squeeze the excess liquid out of the grated potato in your hands (the fun part!), and dab dry on kitchen paper. Mix the potato with the onion in a bowl, add the seasoning to taste, and stir in the lightly beaten egg white to bind the mixture together.
Using a table spoon, place spoonfuls of the mixture into a hot oiled pan (not too big otherwise they fall apart), and flatten out with the spoon. Leave for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown, then turn over and repeat on the other side.
You won’t be able to fit them all in the pan at once – I found that placing the cooked rosties in an oven dish on a low heat in the oven to keep warm while the rest were cooking worked well. This also helps the potato go a bit crispier.
We had rosties as part of a meal but when I make them next I think we’ll eat them as a snack, they would be delicious with some humous or any other dips!
yummm love them!!! My Dad eats them traditionally. He makes them big (think spanish omlet sized) as a main meal, but filled with leftovers…ham, peas, well just about anything…And squish it into one supersized one, but cut up for supper! YUMMY!
must try these – look lush – and I love spuds x