Lefse Potato Flat Bread

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Passion for Potatoes

By Paul Gayler

Published 2010

  • About

This recipe comes from Norway, where it is generally prepared on festive occasions. A special grid-like rolling pin called a lefse is used, but your good old rolling pin at home will do fine. I like to serve these flat breads wrapped around some smoked salmon and a little creamed horseradish.

Ingredients

  • 900 g (2 lb) baking potatoes
  • 25 g (1

Method

Bake the potatoes until tender, then cut them in half, scoop out the flesh and pass it through a sieve or a potato ricer. Mix in the butter and a little seasoning and leave to cool. Stir in 175g (6oz) of the flour, then gradually add the remaining flour to make a stiff dough (you may not need all the flour). Divide the dough into 4, then divide each portion in