Main Course
Nidwaldner Ofetori
Baked Mashed Potatoes with Bacon
A specialty of Nidwalden: fluffy mashed potatoes studded with strips of bacon and baked until golden.
A specialty of Nidwalden
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Nährwerte
Nutrition · per serving
| Energy | 2249 kJ / 541 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 34 g |
| of which saturates | 16 g |
| Carbohydrate | 35 g |
| of which sugars | 5.4 g |
| Fibre | 4.2 g |
| Protein | 21 g |
| Salt | 2.1 g |
Estimate for the original amounts, per serving. Salt added to taste is not included. Calculated from the Swiss Food Composition Database (V7.1, FSVO).
Zubereitung
Directions- 1
Peel the potatoes, cut into cubes and boil in lightly salted water until soft. Mash through a food mill (Passevite) or with a potato masher.
- 2
Beat in the butter, eggs and milk (or milk and cream) for an airy mash, and season with salt and grated nutmeg.
- 3
Spread the mash on a buttered baking sheet or in a buttered gratin dish.
- 4
Cut the bacon into strips and stick them into the mash so they poke out a little.
- 5
Top with the butter flakes and bake in an oven preheated to 220 °C until golden.
Tipp · Vegetarian
Also tastes great without the bacon.
Tipp · With spinach and egg
For a surprise inside, as in the photo: spread half the mash in the dish, add a layer of spinach sautéed with shallot, garlic and a little cream, make a small well for each person with an egg yolk, then cover with the rest of the mash, the bacon and some grated Sbrinz or Tilsiter, and bake at 180 °C until golden.
Unilever Food Solutions' version (in German) →
En Guete!
Bon appétit · Buon appetito · Bun appetit · Enjoy your meal
First published in the Arizona Swiss Society's Valley Echo newsletter, Winter 2023/2024.
A bit of history
Geschichte
Where Nidwaldner Ofetori comes from, gathered from reliable sources such as the Culinary Heritage of Switzerland inventory.
Nidwalden is a small canton, but it has plenty to offer at the table, and Ofetori is one of its traditional dishes. SRF describes it as a potato-based one-pot dish made from ingredients that used to be widely available because they could be produced locally or regionally. As in many Swiss traditional dishes that emerged in the 19th century, potatoes play the leading role: they are made into a mash, enriched with butter, cream, Sbrinz cheese, eggs and bacon, and baked in the oven until golden.
Sources
- Nidwaldner Spezialität: Ofetori · SRF (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen)
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