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.

