Scandinavian Potato Lefse

"I found this interesting soft, flat, potato type bread on a web site for while gathering recipes for the Zaar World Tour II- I am guessing at the cooking time and number of servings."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
8-10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Mix all but the flour while hot.
  • Cool.
  • Add 1 cup flour at a time, enough to roll out.
  • Divide dough into balls about the size of tennis balls.
  • Roll balls out on floured board.
  • Fry the lefse in a grill or in an iron skillet at very high heat.
  • Serve with a little butter, or anything else you might want to wrap up in it.

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  1. This is a great recipe Brenda! And to set the record straight,there are several variations of lefse - tynnlefse (thin lefse) and tykklefse (thick lefse) -- isn't the internet wonderful! While living in North Dakota I became very familiar with the thin lefse, which resembles a flour tortilla. My favorite is with cranberry relish and rolled like a soft taco. Apparently in Norway the thick lefse is served with coffee and eaten like cake.
     
  2. I'm sorry, but the photo to this recipe is all wrong. Not that the recipe is all that bad, but Lefse in a shape other than round (or in a roll) is sacrilege. This desert should be rolled very, very thin, like a super thin pizza crust and cooked on a griddle until done (not crispy at all, but ‘just right’ it’s very hard to explain the perfect Lefse preparation). Then, serve coated with butter and my favorite, plain real sugar, rolled up and savored. Perhaps with a fruity spread as well…but to this day I still prefer the plain ole’ butter and sugar method. No offense intended to anyone, but I think part of the joy of ancient deserts is in eating it authentically!
     
  3. It was a very enjoyable experience making lefsa, something I enjoyed when I was much, much younger in rural Montana! I'd never made it myself before this, & it brought back some nice memories. I followed the recipe pretty much right down the line, although I perhaps fudged here & there by using boxed mashed potatoes, heavy whipping cream & unsalted butter, but the result was really great, according to my taste buds! Many thanks to Nick's Mom!!
     
  4. This was the BEST! I was amazed at how wonderful they came out. I wasn't sure how to cut them up or how thick to make them so my son and I did up a bit of a taster this afternoon. We rolled them out to about a quarter inch thick. Then used cookie cutters to cut out neat shapes. I then fried them in margarine in my cast iron frying pan. I found that about medium high heat was perfect. We will be making these again and again. Such a neat texture and great light flavour. Thanks for posting this.
     
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