Norwegian Lefse Rolling Pin

Too much flour makes the lefse rubbery.

Norwegian lefse rolling pin.

Norwegian lefse made in a frying pan do you hear that. Rolling traditional norwegian lefse should be done with a so called lefse rolling pin which has 1 8 inch 3 mm wide grooves carved into the surface. Cook on the griddle until bubbles form and each side has browned. It is made with potatoes often but not always flour butter and milk or cream.

Place the lefse on a damp towel to cool slightly and then cover with a damp towel until ready to serve. My mom i make. 5 out of 5 stars 5 674 5 674 reviews 58 00. But use lots of flour in a sifter to sprinkle on your pastry board rolling pin and dough to prevent sticking.

Rolling out the lefse dough use your corrugated and covered rolling pin to gently roll out your lefse balls into disks that are as flat as possible. Using your lefse stick transfer the lefse to your griddle. Be sure to prep your corrugated rolling pin with flour pack in all the grooves between each sheet of lefse you roll. Believe it or not it helps to push your lefse dough out getting it thinner and thinner.

Large antique rolling pin short bread lefse norwegian scandinavian redriverantiques. It is cooked on a large flat griddle. Lefse making equipment including a lefse griddle and lefse rolling pin are for sale at lefse time. 2 3 4 x 17 1 4.

That is using a potato ricer to mash the potatoes special rolling pin to roll out the dough and a lefse iron to cook it on. That extra flour used for rolling probably doubles the flour amount used. Lefse rolling pin lefse norwegian pronunciation. That s the sound of a thousand norwegian grandmothers gasping at the thought of making lefse any other way than the traditional way.

This is a part of the process that takes particular care. Favorite add to. Some lefse cooks like to use rolling pin covers with the corrugated pins. If you are storing the lefse after it has cooled fold it in quarters and place 8 10 sheets into a 1 gallon freezer bag.

ˈlɛ fsə is a traditional soft norwegian flatbread. I grew up in a norwegian family where we ate lefse 3 times a day for the whole christmas season. Buy lefse sticks lefse pastry board and rolling pin covers. Lefse flatbread rolling pin norwegian kitchenware holiday baking.