Lefse Recipe
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Ingredients: 8 Cups Russet Potatoes, riced – I have found that this is 4 lbs. of potatoes!
1 Cup Whipping Cream
˝ Cup Butter
4 tsp. Salt
4 tsp. Sugar
2 Cups all purpose flour
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Directions:Boil and rice the potatoes, add whipping cream,butter, salt and sugar and chill overnight. Add flour to chilled potatoes and work it in good. Return to refrigerator and leave so it stays nice and cold while you work..
Put cheesecloth stocking over lefse rolling pin and cover lefse board with canvas. Sprinkle flour on canvas and rub in. Heat griddle to 425°, test by sprinkling small amount of water on it. If it dances all over griddle, it is hot enough! Form a ball with about 1/3 cup of potato mixture. Pat a little flour on both sides of potato ball before rolling out. Roll very carefully as thin as possible. Transfer to griddle with lefse stick. Lefse is ready to turn when little bubbles appear on top and if you carefully lift an edge, you should see little tiny brown spots. Turn and cook other side. Remove with lefse turner and lay on wax paper to cool. Be sure to wipe griddle to remove flour residue after cooking each piece. When cooled completely, lefse can be folded in half and then folded again (into quarters). It can be frozen in plastic bags. |
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Notes: Lefse is a Norwegian potato bread that has been handed down from Gramma Millie's ancestors. She made many, many batches of this for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. It is customarily eaten with lutefisk (an especially prepared, baked whitefish) that is definitely an acquired taste! For those who do not care for lutefisk, it is wonderful with butter and cinnamon sugar, or peanut butter and jelly! Becky and Rosie became the two members of the family who took up the challenge and learned how to make lefse, with Becky being the uncontested winner! Her lefse will carry on the family tradition with pride. Amy also tackled lefse making for the first time in December, 2001. She made two batches that year, on Gramma’s griddle and using her rolling pin and Gramma Harris must have had her hand on Amy’s shoulder, because it turned out just perfect
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