Basler Rosti With Bacon And Onion Recipes

ROSTI WITH BACON, MUSHROOMS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes in their skins for 20 minutes, drain and leave to cool. Peel them. Using a cheese grater, grate them into a large mixing bowl and sprinkle with salt.
• In a frying pan saute the bacon and onions. Strip the leaves off the sprigs of thyme into the pan. Add mushrooms and cook for about 5 minutes until soft. Combine with the potatoes and mix gently, taking care not to mash them too much.
• Heat oil in a frying pan and add 3 or 4 spoonfuls of the mixture, See cook's note*. Using a spatula, pat the mixture into a round flat cake. Brown it over a high heat. When the bottom side is cooked flip it over. Repeat with remaining potatoes to make 6 cakes.
• Put 1/2 tablespoon of butter and a slice of Gruyere on each cake and melt under a hot grill or broiler. Turn the Rosti onto a plate and serve with a green salad, if desired.

BASLER ROSTI WITH BACON AND ONION

Steps:

• Peel potatoes, grate or cut into thin strips and mix with the salt.
• Cut onions into very fine onion rings.
• Melt the butter and lard (or oil) in a frying pan. Add the diced bacon, onions and potato and fry gently, stirring gently and frequently. If you want a slimmer version, you can pre-cook the bacon and this way omit the bacon fat.
• Bring together into a cake and cover with an upside-down plate. Fry over gentle heat for 20 minutes.
• Pour the milk over the top and fry, covered, for about another 10 minutes. Tip out onto the plate and serve.

SPAGHETTI WITH BACON AND ONION

Steps:

• Cut bacon into matchsticks and cook over medium-high heat for 5 minutes.
• Add diced onion and cook till tender (approx 6-8 minutes). Meanwhile, fill pot with water for spaghetti and set on high.
• Drain 3/4 - 7/8 of the fat. How much you drain is up to you. The more you drain, the healthier it is. The more you leave in, the better it tastes.
• Add the white wine and raise the temperature. Cook off most of the liquid (approx 5 minutes).
• Lower temperature to moderate heat, add tomatoes, thyme, salt and pepper. Cook for 10 - 15 minutes.
• By now, water should be boiling. Cook spaghetti according to package directions.
• Drain spaghetti, toss with sauce.
• Enjoy!

SPAGHETTI WITH TOMATOES, BACON, AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Saute bacon in a skillet until partially browned; drain off most of the fat.
• Add olive oil to the skillet; heat over low heat.
• Add in onion; stir/saute until tender but not browned, about 5 minutes.
• Add in garlic; saute 1 minute.
• Add in tomatoes; cook, stirring to break up the tomatoes with the side of a spoon, until sauce is slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente, about 6 minutes; drain.
• Toss with the sauce and parsley; sprinkle with grated cheese and serve.

ROSTI WITH SAUSAGE AND ONION

Steps:

• Grate potatoes.
• Brown sausage in a non-stick skillet until no pink is left, (not until crunchy) Drain grease from sausage.
• Add grated potatoes to sausage in hot skillet.
• Cook and turn regularly on medium to high heat for 30 to 45 minutes.
• Salt liberally, add pepper if desired.
• Dice one or two onions.
• Add to mixture.
• Continue to turn and brown for 15 minutes, flattening into the skillet.
• Traditional Swiss rosti is served as a big flat brown cake on a round plate.
• To serve, invert a plate on top of potatoes in skillet, then turn the skillet upside down.
• Wala!