Norwegian Lefse

Description

I was raised on Lefse as a special treat for the holidays. We still make it every holiday season, and this is the best recipe ever. We eat ours with butter and sugar. Note: you will need a potato ricer to prepare this recipe.

Ingredients

  • 10 pounds potatoes, peeled
  • ½ cup butter
  • ⅓ cup heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

Instructions

  1. Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender
  2. about 20 minutes; drain.
  3. Run hot potatoes through a potato ricer into a large bowl. Beat butter
  4. cream
  5. salt
  6. and sugar into riced potatoes. Let cool to room temperature.
  7. Stir flour into potato mixture to form a soft dough. Pull off pieces of dough and form into walnut-sized balls. Lightly flour a clean cloth and roll out lefse balls to 1/8-inch thick.
  8. Heat a griddle over high heat.
  9. Cook lefse on the hot griddle until brown blisters form
  10. about 1 minute per side. Place cooked lefse on a damp towel to cool slightly. Repeat with remaining dough
  11. stacking them on top of each other as they’re cooked; cover until ready to serve.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs

Servings: 15

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