Small Rostis, Secret Recipe, 3 Ingredients!

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 4 potatoes, medium, peeled
• 1 egg , large
• 2 teaspoons salt, sea salt, flaky (like maldon)
• olive oil (for frying)

Recipe

• 1 grate the peeled potatoes on a fairly rough grater. put in a sieve, season with sea salt flakes, and mix in the salt, to draw out liquid. later you'll press out extra liquid with your hands.
• 2 leave for a while over a bowl, as it will shed liquid. it does not matter if the potatoes change colour.
• 3 (you can do this ahead, time 30 mins - 2 hrs, not important).
• 4 whisk the egg with an electric whisk until very stiff. (i add a pinch of cream of tartar to the egg , as it stabilizes the so it keeps its shape).
• 5 heat a nonstick utensil over high heat, and add some olive oil.
• 6 press out any extra liquid from the potato, put into a clean bowl, and fold in the whipped egg . you might not even need all the egg -- judge for yourself.
• 7 make sure your oil is quite hot. roughly divide the potato and egg- mixture into four, and add heaped tablespoons to the hot oil.
• 8 fry on one side until golden brown, and then on other side. this will take about 7 - 10 minutes.
• 9 keep in mind: you could add chopped onion, spring onion, garlic, parsley, etc. to the mixture.
• 10 the main discovery was how well the whipped egg held together the grated potato!