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- A SWISS MEAL FROM CHESTER'S MUM #
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- Fried potatoes or how we call it#
- in Switzerland: "ROESCHTI". #
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- In different cantons of Switzer-#
- land (like states in the USA)#
- there are different kinds of#
- ROESCHTI. #
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- The Roeschti of Berne is the#
- famoust one of the whole Roeschti-#
- family: #
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- 1 kg of potatoes in their jackets #
- (cooked 1 day before)#
- 1 teaspoon salt #
- 3 tablespoons butter #
- 50 g bacon (cubical) #
- 2 tablespoons milk #
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- Peal the potatoes, grate them on#
- the (ROESCHTI)grater an mix them#
- with salt. Heat the butter in a#
- pan and add bacon and potatoes,#
- turn them several times and rost#
- gently. Roast the ROESCHTI for#
- about 20 minutes. Pour milk over#
- the ROESCHTI, put a lid on the pan#
- and roast it further 10 minutes#
- until they are golden brown. #
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- Here you can see a small selection#
- of our national dish: #
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- Basle: with alot of onion #
- rings #
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- Tessin: with cubes of bacon and#
- a special spice called#
- "Rosmarien" #
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- Zurich: with minced onions and#
- cumin #
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- Appenzell: with noodles, bacon and#
- cheese from Appenzell #
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- Uri: with mountain - cheese#
- and coffee #
- Wallis & #
- Wadt: with bacon, tomatoes,#
- peperoni and cheese of#
- Gruyere. #
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- ATTENTION!!! DON'T EAT TOO MUCH!!!#
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- Hannie S. (Chester's mum) #