Friday, January 11, 2008

Lefse - The Process (Day Two)

Step 4. Divide mashed potatoes. Mix in flour.


Step 5. Create little balls of potatoes - these will become the lefse. An ice cream scoop is handy for this.


Mmmm. Potato Ice Cream.
4 cups of potatoes - approximately half of the 5 pounds - yields 20-25 balls.

Step 6. Preheat lefse griddle

Step 7. Using a corrugated rolling pin equipped with a lefse sock, roll out the balls on a very well-floured pastry cloth.



When you can read the writing underneath, it's thin enough.

Step 8. Transfer to griddle using lefse stick.




Step 9. Cook until brown spots begin to form. Flip. Cook other side.




Step 9. Transfer to cooling rack, where your "little helper" will brush off the excess flour.


Step 10. Apply butter & sugar. Roll. Eat.

3 comments:

debby said...

looks deeelish! is that a paint your own pottery sugar container in the background?

Mara said...

Indeed it is! From Paint the Earth in Chapel Thrill.

Unknown said...

I had a little lefse,
it left me pretty quick
I turned around and it was gone
(much quicker than you'd think)

My days they seem so empty now,
my stomach's empty too!
I miss delicious lefse, friend,
oh what's a girl to do?!
(hint, hint)

Was that subtle enough?