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Friday 16 September 2011

Potato Röschti with Egg, two ways!

So I finally broke my healthy spell with one of the greatest foods in the world. My serious weakness is the humble potato...
And what better way to enjoy potato than make up a freshly cooked potato Röschti (or Rösti in German).
I guess some would argue that this is more like a hash brown or even similar to a Jewish Latke (minus the flour) but I'm going to call it a Röschti just because I feel like it.

Anyway, the other night I had some potatoes getting slightly old and also some eggs in the fridge that I wanted to use up, so I googled Röschti & egg and stumbled across THIS recipe from 'Food is my Life' and decided to go along with her idea of cracking the egg on top of the Röschti and mixing it through, but I also decided to make one more where I simply cracked the egg on top and let the egg whites set before dishing it up so the yolk was all runny.

Click below for the recipe :)



 Click HERE for the 'Food is my Life' version and look below for my egg cracked on top version.

Serves 1

Ingredients
- 1 large or two smaller potatoes
- Olive Oil
- Salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 1 egg
- French parsley for garnish (optional)

Method
1. Finely grate the raw potato and squeeze out excess water. If you don't have a muslin cloth, you can pat dry the potato a few times with some paper towel.
Next drizzle some olive oil in to a pan on a medium heat and scatter the grated potato around the pan until it is relatively compact.

2. Season with salt & pepper, then leave the potato to cook for 5- 10 minutes untouched. Have a peak at the underside of the Röschti and if it is golden brown then flip to the other side to cook. Leave for another 5 minutes, then crack the egg on top of the Röschti and leave until the egg whites completely set and the egg yolk is done to your liking.

3. Sprinkle over some chopped French parsley, and season once again with salt & black pepper if you think it needs it.

The grated potato in the pan ready to fry.

















The Röschti golden brown on one side.

Just after I cracked the egg on top.
















The egg whites setting.

















Cooked and ready to eat!

Again with the french parsley sprinkled over.

















Once I cracked the yolk open.

















The Röschti with the egg mixed in.

















And again...







10 Comments:

Simones Kitchen said...

This looks sooo good! Just the other day we were complaining to each other that it had been far too long since we last had rosti and here I bump into this recipe! I'm so gonna make this very very soon!

tigerfish said...

I like this tip of cooking the egg with the rosti almost towards the end :). I used to do it 2-step - cook the rosti first, then fry a sunny-side up, and top the egg on the rosti to enjoy with runny yolk oozing....

Anonymous said...

I love rosti's for breakfast! Funny enough the first time I tried and heard about this was in Malaysia eventhough my parents live in Switzerland.

Rita said...

This is what I call true comfort food; we love rosti. With an egg must be perfection!
Rita

Simply Life said...

oh this looks amazing- what a perfectly cooked egg!

Lulu"s Sweet Secrets said...

Hi Aimee! Your rosti looks amazing! What a great idea to make it with eggs! I loved it!

Cristina said...

Your potatoes turned out perfectly caramelized and I LUV this dish with the egg in it like that! I could eat this Potato Roschti any time of the day. I'm with you about potatoes being a fav/weakness...I luv potatoes in any way, shape or form. Good stuff (and high in potassium)!

Jasline said...

Hi Aimee,

Both versions of your rosti looks really delicious! Love the photo with the yolk oozing out, gonna try it one day! (: Take care!

Cheers!
Jasline (Food Is My Life)

Renee McKeown said...

omg so so good!

Unknown said...

so good
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