Frestelse Recipes

JANSSONS FRESTELSE (SWEDISH POTATO CASSEROLE)

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350°F. Peel and thinly slice onions. Sauté them gently in a pan with butter just until they are soft.
• Drain your anchovies and grease the bottom and sides of a baking dish (or dishes) with the oil you drain.Peel potatoes and cut into strips. This is easy to do with a mandoline.
• Line your baking dish(es) with 1/3 of the sliced potatoes. Then, add half of the sauteed onions and half of the drained anchovies.
• Finally, top with another 1/3 of sliced potatoes and the remaining onions and anchovies.
• Finish with the remaining potatoes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then top with cream, slices of butter, and bread crumbs.
• Bake for 45 minutes for smaller dishes and about 1 hour for a larger dish, or until the potatoes are tender. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.

JANSSON'S FRESTELSE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Peel and cut the potatoes into fine julienne, don't put them in cold water. You will need the starch to thicken the dish. If they become red or gray simply rinse them off quickly and dry them off with a paper towel. Slice the onion into fine slices. Cut the ansjovis (matjes) into small pieces. Butter an oven proof pan and layer the potato, onion and the ansjovis. Begin and finish with the potato. Salt and pepper between the layers. Mix the milk, heavy cream and the marinade and poor it over the dish. Spread a thin layer of bread crumbs on the top and bake it for 50 to 60 minutes, or until the potatoes are nice and soft.