Swedish Creamed Potatoes Recipes

SWEDISH CREAMED POTATOES FROM SKANE (SKANSK POTATIS)

Steps:

• Sauté onion in 2 tbs bacon fat until soft and a medium frying pan.
• Remove from pan and set aside.
• Add remaining bacon fat and potatoes.
• Fry until golden brown on the outside.
• Stir in the onions.
• Add milk and cook a couple of minutes. Look to see how much of the liquid is absorbed before adding the cream as you want enough to slightly cover the potatoes and enough to cook them.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Stir until blended.
• Cover pan.
• Cook very slowly, low heat until potatoes are soft, about 15 minutes This will depend on how large your potato cubes are.
• Pour into serving dish and sprinkle with parsley.

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.

SWEDISH CREAMED POTATOES WITH DILL

Steps:

• Boil whole, unpeeled potatoes in unsalted water until fork-tender. Remove and allow to sit until cool enough to touch. Peel potatoes, then chop into 1" dice.
• In a saucepan over medium-high heat, stir together butter and flour to make a light roux, but do not allow to darken. Add cream, salt, and pepper and whisk steadily until incorporated and thickened into a cream sauce, about 5 minutes. Stir in potatoes, turn heat to medium-low, and allow potatoes to stew just until warmed. Garnish with chopped dill and serve.

SWEDISH POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter 2 quart casserole, combine potatoes, salt, pepper, onion, egg and 3 ounces Gruyere cheese.
• Heat milk and cream to boiling in saucepan, combine with potato mixture.
• Place in casserole, sprinkle with remaining cheese and dot with butter.
• Bake 1 hour.
• If top not browned, broil until lightly brown.

JANSSON'S TEMPTATION (SWEDISH POTATO AND ANCHOVY CASSEROLE)

Steps:

• In a large skillet cook the onions in 2 tbsp of the butter over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until they are golden.
• Preheat oven to 400.
• In a buttered 2 1/2- 3 quart shallow baking dish (13x9 works well), layer 1/3 of the potatoes, 1/2 of the onions, 1/2 of the chopped anchovies, salt and pepper to taste, 1/3 potatoes, 1/2 onions, 1/2 of the chopped anchovies, salt and pepper to taste, last third of potatoes.
• Drizzle the top of potatoes with the reserved oil from the anchovy can (about 2 tbsp.) and dot them with the remaining 1 tbsp of butter cut into bits.
• Bake the casserole on the middle rack for 10 minutes.
• Pour 3/4 cup of the cream over the potatoes and bake the casserole for 20 minutes more.
• Pour the remaining cream over the casserole, reduce heat to 300, and bake for 30 minutes more or until the potatoes are tender.
• Great served with anything that goes well with a potato side dish.