DISH RESEARCH · Dish
Rösti
Also known as: Röschti
Swiss pan-sized cake of parboiled grated potatoes, fried in butter and goose fat until crisp and golden on both sides.
About Rösti
Rösti is a Swiss grated-potato cake that began as a rustic breakfast and is now eaten across the country. This profile follows Felicity Cloake's parboiled-potato version, fried in a fixed mixture of butter and goose fat.
The potatoes taste earthy and gently nutty, with butter adding dairy richness and goose fat a deeper savoury note. Salt and black pepper keep the seasoning direct and let the browned potato dominate.
The rösti forms one broad, flat golden cake with a deeply crisp exterior and visible grated strands. Its centre remains tender and cohesive through potato starch alone, without flour or egg binders.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Rösti
Felicity Cloake's Swiss Potato Rösti.
- Waxy potatoesGrated starchy cake body
- SaltSeasoning
- Black pepperPeppery seasoning
- ButterRich frying fat
- Goose fatCrisp high-heat frying fat
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Waxy potatoes: . The source's waxy potatoes map to the established broader potato route
- Salt:
- Black pepper:
- Butter:
- Goose fat:
Origins & food traditions
Felicity Cloake supplies the complete parboiled-potato rösti recipe selected here and describes the dish as a Swiss national classic that developed from a rustic breakfast. Switzerland Tourism independently corroborates rösti as a flat hot cake of grated cooked or raw potato, fried in butter or fat and bound only by potato starch.
Countries
- Switzerland
- SwitzerlandCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Swiss Cuisine
- German-Swiss Cuisine
- Swiss CuisineCatalogue link pending review