BEETROOT AND POTATO ROSTI WITH SMOKED SALMON
BEETROOT AND POTATO ROSTI WITH SMOKED SALMON
BEETROOT AND POTATO ROSTI WITH SMOKED SALMON

Ingredients
  • 4 large Maris Piper potatoes
  • scrubbed
  • not peeled
  • 2 beetroot
  • peeled
  • coarsely grated
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • crushed
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 5 tbsp olive oil
  • 100g/3½oz fresh horseradish
  • 200g/7oz crème fraîche
  • 1 lemon
  • juice only
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 250g/10½oz smoked salmon
  • 8 sprigs fresh dill
  • to serve
  • 4 lemon wedges
  • to serve
Directions
  • Place the potatoes into a saucepan of boiling salted water and boil for seven minutes
  • then drain and leave to cool.
  • When the potatoes are cool enough to handle
  • peel them and grate them into a bowl.
  • Add the grated beetroot and garlic
  • season
  • to taste
  • with salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • and mix together well.
  • Divide and shape the potato mixture into six flat patties
  • place onto a baking sheet and transfer to the fridge to chill for one hour.
  • Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the potato röstis and fry for 4-6 minutes on each side
  • or until golden-brown all over
  • then drain on kitchen paper.
  • For the horseradish sauce
  • mix the horseradish
  • crème fraîche and lemon juice together in a clean bowl and season
  • to taste
  • with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • To serve
  • place each rösti onto a plate. Top with a spoonful of horseradish sauce and a piece of salmon
  • then finish each plate with some sprigs of dill and a lemon wedge.