Raggmunk
Thin potato pancakes fried in butter, with bacon and lingonberry. Sweden's Thursday, and forty minutes.
Photograph credit: Raggmunk by Traveler100 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · this resized copy is shared under the same licence
Photograph credit: Raggmunk med fläsk by Mikaela Börjesson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · this resized copy is shared under the same licence
Raggmunk: Step by Step
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Whisk the flour, milk, egg, salt and white pepper into a thin, lump-free batter and rest 10 minutes.
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Fry the bacon in a dry pan until crisp, then keep it warm.
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Grate the potatoes coarsely, directly into the batter as you go so they do not discolour.
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Do not squeeze them — the starch helps the pancakes hold.
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Stir well; the mixture should be loose and pourable.
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Melt a knob of butter in a wide frying pan over a medium heat.
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Pour in a ladleful and spread it to a thin round about 15 cm across.
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Fry 4 minutes, until the underside is deep gold and the edges lacy.
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Turn and fry 3 minutes more, adding butter for each pancake.
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Serve hot with the bacon, lingonberry jam and chives.
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Things to Watch For
- Grate straight into the batter.
- Do not squeeze the potato — this is not a rösti.
- Butter, and fresh butter for every pancake.
The Short Version
Raggmunk is grated potato bound in a thin crêpe batter, which is what separates it from a rösti or a latke — the batter goes into the potato, not the other way round. Do not squeeze the potato: the starch is part of the binding here. Fry in butter rather than oil, and accept that they brown quickly because of it.
What to Serve It With
Crisp bacon · Lingonberry jam · Cold milk
Keeping Raggmunk
Best immediately. The batter keeps 1 day refrigerated.
What's in a Serving
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