Culture••recipes•The Latest | November 21, 2020I’m no grandma, and this isn’t my grandma’s Norwegian lefse recipe either.I have rolled out hundreds of pounds of potatoes perfecting this lefse recipe over the last 20 years. One of my first jobs as a teenager involved rolling lefse at a Scandinavian bakery. I’ve made just about every mistake — ahem, learned every trick in the book, along the way. Follow this guide and you’ll have perfect Norwegian lefsa, too!Watch the lefse tutorial video on YoutubeWhat you need to make Norwegian lefseIt’s not Norwegian lefse without high fat dairy. You need full-fat heavy cream and butter because it aids in the elasticity when rolling to get perfectly thin, transparent sheets. I like grass-fed European butter for its sweeter flavor — plus, it typically has a higher fat content.A good rolling setup: Pastry rolling board with cover and a ridged rolling pin with a rolling pin cover — because, you can’t get paper thin lefse without these tools.Lefse stick....
