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Norwegian Potato Lefse

Norwegian potato lefse is a soft flatbread made with potatoes, flour, butter, and cream. You can fill it with kling, made from butter and sugar.
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Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Lunch
Cuisine: Norwegian
Keyword: lefse, potato
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Resting Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours
Servings: 8 large lefser
Author: Silvia

Equipment

  • potato ricer
  • Rolling Pin
  • corrugated rolling pin
  • wax tablecloth or canvas (optional)
  • lefse stick
  • griddle (or large frying pan)

Ingredients

  • 3 lb potatoes
  • t tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup flour for rolling

(Optional) Kling filling

  • 14 tbsp butter (room temperature)
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp heavy cream

Instructions

  • Boil the potatoes. Peel the potatoes while still warm and run them through a potato ricer twice.
  • Let the potatoes cool in an uncovered bowl in the fridge.
  • Stir the salt, sugar, melted butter, and cream into the riced potatoes.
  • Slowly add the flour and knead by hand until you get a good consistency. Don't add more flour than necessary! Roll the dough into a long sausage and divide into about 7 or 8 pieces if using an 18 inch griddle. If using a smaller griddle or frying pan, divide the dough into 10 - 12 pieces.
  • Roll each piece into a ball and then press into a flat circle, using the edges of your hands to form the dough into a nice circle shape without any cracks. This is important, otherwise you won't get round lefser.
  • Heat up your griddle on medium/high heat.
  • Flour your rolling surface and roll the lefse dough into a large circle slightly smaller than your griddle or frying pan. Begin rolling with a smooth rolling pin, then switch to a corrugated rolling pin as the lefse gets thinner. Don't use too much flour, as then the edges can become hard.
  • Roll the lefse onto your lefse stick and then gently unroll it onto your griddle. After a minute or two check the underside of the lefse for brown spots and then use the lefse stick to flip the lefse and cook on the other side.
  • Use the lefse stick to remove the lefse from the griddle and place it in a folded damp sheet or tablecloth.

Kling

  • Mix the softened butter, sugar, and cream together until smooth.
  • Spread the butter mixture in a very thin layer across the lefse. Fold the edges of the lefse in to make a rectangle (see video). Then cut two triangles from another lefse to cover the empty sections.
  • Spread another thin layer of the butter sugar mixture across the rectangle. Fold the rectangle in half and then cut into small rectangles to serve.
  • Store the lefse with kling in an plastic bag in the fridge or freezer.

Video