Rösti

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Template:Lang or Template:Lang (Template:IPA) is a Swiss dish consisting mainly of potatoes, sautéed or shallow-fried in a pan. It was originally a breakfast dish, commonly eaten by farmers in the canton of Bern and in parts of the canton of Fribourg, but is now eaten all over Switzerland and around the world. The French name Template:Lang directly refers to the dish's origins.

Many Swiss people consider Template:Lang to be a national dish.<ref name="guardian">Template:Cite news</ref> Rather than considering it a complete breakfast, lunch or dinner, it is more commonly served to accompany other dishes such as Template:Lang (spinach and fried eggs, sunny side up), cervelas or Fleischkäse. It is commonly available in Swiss restaurants, as a replacement for the standard side dish of a given meal. Template:Citation needed

Preparation

Template:Lang dishes are made with coarsely grated potato, either parboiled or raw.<ref name="guardian"/> Template:Lang are most often pan-fried and shaped in the frying pan during cooking, but they can also be baked in the oven. Depending on the frying technique, oil, butter, cheese, or another fat may be added (and usually salt and pepper). The grated potatoes are shaped into rounds or patties, usually measuring between Template:Convert in diameter and Template:Convert thick.Template:Citation needed

Although basic Template:Lang consists of nothing but potato, a number of additional ingredients are sometimes added, such as bacon, onion, cheese, apple or fresh herbs. This is usually considered to be a regional touch.

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  Grating potatoes
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Cultural significance

In Swiss popular cultural ethos, Template:Lang are predominantly eaten in German-speaking regions, although they can be found easily elsewhere in the country. Template:Lang dishes are portrayed as a stereotypical part of the Swiss-Germanic culture, as opposed to Latin culture. The geographic border separating the French and German-speaking parts of the country is therefore commonly referred to as the Röstigraben: literally the 'Template:Lang ditch'.

Classic Template:Lang dishes

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  Template:Lang topped with eggs
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  Template:Lang with veal sausage and onion sauce<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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  Template:Lang with Zürcher Geschnetzeltes

See also

• Latke
• Hash browns, a similar American dish
• Maluns, a fried potato dish eaten in the Grisons canton of Switzerland
• Perkedel, a similar Indonesian dish
• Potato pancake
• List of potato dishes
• Liechtenstein cuisine

External links

• Wikibooks / Cookbook recipe
• Rösti on helvetickitchen.com
• How to cook the perfect rösti on theguardian.com
• Rösti recipe on youtube
• Palauan recipe: Taro rösti (fried taro patties)