Swiss Rosti Cake

[judydawn]

I do little individual ones like that Cookey - Mum always called them Mock Fish which is a strange name for them but I loved them for breakfast and DH still loves them done the old fashioned hand-grated way as the TMX just can't grate like that.

[johnro]

Thanks for yet another great dish Judy - made this Good Friday evening, served with crumbed barramundi, fresh prawns and a garden salad.   

[Cuilidh]

JD, my mum also used to call these mock whitebait, not sure where that came from either.  I had forgotten all about that until I read your post.

[judydawn]

Thanks Johnro, it is one of my favourite ways with potato - then again I love anything with potato like CC's DH

Cuilidh, our parents sure came up with some funny names for things - how fish came into the equation is a mystery to me too.

[faffa_70]

JD, my mum also used to call these mock whitebait, not sure where that came from either.  I had forgotten all about that until I read your post.

Possibly came because the potato grated on a box type grater when cooked would look a lot like lots of whitebait cooked together. True whitebait are tiny and you need to cook something like this with them to get a mouthful lol

[Thermofied]

Thanks Judy, I have the same recipe from a Swiss friend, I'm happy to see it converted for TM.  Fiona

[Halex]

Made this today for ds to have a change from minestrone soup & fried rice.

I couldnt get mine to stick together. It was large to try & flip over.

Whats the secret?

DS loves this

H

[judydawn]

Hally you have to press the mixture down firmly with the spatula and leave it there for the whole time specified.  You then put a plate over the top of the frying pan, put one hand in the middle of the plate and with the other one on the handle of the frying pan, turn it over so that you have the plate in your hand and the frying pan on top of it.  Place the pan back on the stove then just slide the cake back into the pan to cook the other side.  Easy but probably needs practise to be able to do it without thinking about it. Your potato wasn't fully cooked was it, it needs to be only partly cooked.

[Halex]

JD, thanks

No my potato wasnt cooked, i did leave it down for about 10 mins, my mistake was thinking I could flip it over. It just broke up. Crown prince loved this and he ate 1/2 with some fried rice & a sausage.

The plate is the trick. Will try next time, still nice though

H