Name: Plain in Pigna
Yield: Servings 2 as a main, 4 as a side
Cuisine: Swiss
Ingredients: 1 tbsp flour; 3 tbsp butter; 60 g (2 oz) Bündnerfleisch, diced; Nutmeg, salt and pepper; 800 g (1¾ lbs) potatoes; 100 g (3½ oz) bacon, cubed; 3 tbsp fine semolina or cornmeal

Preparation info

Servings
2
as a main

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simply Swiss

By Andie Pilot

Published 2025

About

Plain in Pigna is a traditional recipe from the Engadine valley in the canton of Graubünden. This dish removes the two most annoying aspects of Rösti-making–needing day-old boiled potatoes, and the dreaded flip. For this dish, you can use raw potatoes and bake it in the oven.