Sunday, January 22, 2012

Luscious Lefse




Wanting something for breakfast? A snack? Or maybe even dessert? Lefse, is the perfect rainy weather food. Though there are only five ingredients, your mouth will come alive with the sensation that a bite of this divine food will bring you.





INGREDIENTS
- 8 cups riced Idaho potatoes (make sure to use Idaho)
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 4 cups flour

Topping
- butter
- sugar

DIRECTIONS
1. Peel potatoes and cook until able to stab through with fork, (overcooking will ruin texture). Drain thoroughly.

2.
Rice potatoes, (if you don't have a ricer just mash them a little before sticking them in your mixer). At full speed mix potatoes, butter, cream and salt until there are no lumps left. Let stand in fridge until cold-- very, very important!!!

3. Mix in flour and roll into balls about the size of a tennis ball or smaller. Keep balls of dough on a plate in your fridge, only taking one or two out at a time.

4. Preheat your lefse grill to 500F. Roll out a ball of dough paper thin on your well-floured pastry cloth. transfer onto your lefse grill using your lefse turner, (very important to have). Make sure to watch carefully, as they cook quite rapidly and will be needing a turn before a minute is up!

5. Repeat step 4 until all remaining balls of dough are used up.

6. The last and final step: while lefse is still warm spread some butter on it and then sprinkle with sugar, (some people like to add some cinnamon). Roll up and eat this phenomenal creation until every last crumb has been consumed into your mouth!

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