Swedish Creamed Potatoes Recipes

CREAMED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until tender. Meanwhile, in another saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Drain potatoes and place in a large serving bowl. Add cream sauce; toss gently to coat. Sprinkle with paprika and parsley.

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.

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.

SWEDISH POTATOES

Steps:

• Melt butter in pan at medium/high heat.
• Add onion, garlic, nutmeg, paprika, and half of the dill.
• Wash potatoes and cut into bite sized, uniform pieces.
• Stir butter and add potatoes and salt, stir to coat with butter.
• Cover and reduce heat to medium or lower and simmer for 1/2 hour or longer. Stir occasionally; turn off heat when potatoes are fork tender.
• Mix remaining dill with sour cream and milk, blend well and add lemon juice.
• Spoon potatoes into a serving dish with a slotted spoon to remove excess butter.
• Serve sour cream sauce with potatoes or pour over them and blend, depending on your tastes.