Potato Rösti Breakfast



Introduction: For a school assignment I needed to prepare a recipe featuring potatoes - it could be a stand-alone dish (like potato chips by themselves) or as part of a meal. I thought it would be interesting to do something for breakfast (given I'd just prepared chips as part of my beer battered barramundi and chips)

This breakfast was prepared to comfortably server four people.

The Rösti:

Ingredients: 
    • 1 kg potatoes
    •  ¼ cup plain flour
    • 1 egg white
    • Garlic chives, chopped (fresh from our garden)

    Method:
      • Preheat oven to 210oC fan forced.
      • Peel and grate potatoes, then squeeze out excess liquid. 
      • Combine potato, flour, egg white and chives in a bowl. Season well.
      • Shape mixture into 12 patties and place on oiled baking tray. Bake for 30 minutes, flipping rösti over halfway.

    The Poached Eggs:

    Ingredients: 
      • 4 eggs
      • medium pot of boiling water
      • splash or two of white vinegar
      Method:
      • Into the medium saucepan of boiling water add the splashes of vinegar. 
      • When water boils, stir with a fork until a whirlpool forms in the middle. 
      • Pour egg into the middle and let cook for two minutes
      • Retrieve egg with slotted spoon and allow to drain on kitchen paper towel on a plate.
      • Repeat process with other eggs.
      The Mushrooms:

      Ingredients: 
        • couple of handful of button mushroom, washed and quartered
        • 2 teaspoons of butter
        • two cloves of garlic, crushed
        • salt and pepper
        Method:
        • Melt butter in a pan
        • Add crushed garlic and mushrooms. Season.
        • Cook until mushrooms are mildly soft but spring back to the touch. 
        The Bacon:

        Ingredients: 
          • four rashers of bacon halved and trimmed of fat
          Method:
          • fry bacon to achieve appropriate level of crispiness
          The Beetroot Leaves:

          Ingredients: 
            • two generous handfuls of beetroot leaves
            • two cloves of garlic crushed
            • excess oils from frying bacon
            Method:
            • add garlic to frying pan and fry lightly in bacon fat until browned
            • add beetroot leaves and fry until wilted
            New Methods Learnt:
            • shaping vegetable patties
            • separating egg yolks and whites
            Result:

             My röstis came out with a golden crust. They were nice and crisp on the outside and soft on the inside and the flavour and texture of the mushrooms came out exactly right. Several members of the family commented that the smell was delicious. 








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