A Festive, Gorgeous Rösti Recipe to Brighten Your Morning
The Swiss are really good at a lot of things. Cheese. Watches. Mountains. Snow. General wintery charm. And, of course, potatoes! Crispy Swiss rösti potatoes are an irresistible dish, as far as we’re concerned. They’re everything a great potato side dish should be—crisp on the outside, buttery-tender on the inside and, yes, CHEESEY! We take the rösti over the top though, by topping it with eggs, bacon (or ham) and asparagus to make for a lovely, sophisticated brunch dish that’ll wow every single guest on your list. It’s an all-in-one rösti-based casserole that’s majorly elevated from the egg-and-sausage breakfast casseroles of yore.
What is Rösti?
And what’s the difference between rösti and hash browns? Rösti potatoes are actually a lot like American hash browns! At their simplest, rösti potatoes are just grated potatoes fried or baked until crisp in butter (similar to our Corned Beef Hash recipe). We dress ours up beyond the classic, though! Taking a cue from latkes—another of our favorite potato pancake recipes—we grate onion into the mixture for a little extra punch of flavor and moisture. Our cheese-enhanced potato and onion rösti then makes a lovely, rich, crispy bed for eggs and asparagus. YUM! Breakfast is served!
Simple Ingredients Make Our Elegant Rösti Recipe Shine
This recipe is a bit flexible. You won’t want to mess with the method much, but in terms of ingredients, swaps can work out pretty well here! You can use either ham or bacon, or leave out the meat entirely to make a vegetarian version of this potato rösti recipe. Here’s everything you’ll need to make our favorite brunch recipe of the moment:
Russet potatoes
Onion
Cooked ham or bacon
Gruyère
Parmesan
Butter
Nutmeg
Greek yogurt
Dijon mustard
Asparagus
Eggs
Chives
How To Make This Potato Rosti Casserole
Meet your new favorite brunch recipe! Here’s how easy it is to make our potato rösti casserole recipe:
Scrub and boil the potatoes with the peels on!
Grate stuff! Grate the onion and wring out as much moisture from the grated onion as you can by wrapping it in a kitchen towel and squeezing it out over the sink. Grate the potatoes, too.
Stir in the grated potatoes and onions with bacon or ham, gruyere, Parmesan, butter, salt, pepper, nutmeg, Greek yogurt and Dijon mustard.
Spread the potato rösti mixture in a baking dish. Bake for 35 minutes, then broil for about 3 minutes.
Blanch the asparagus while your potato rösti casserole bakes.
Use the back of a big kitchen spoon to make 8 little indentations in the top of the casserole. Nestle the blanched asparagus into the casserole around the wells. Crack an egg into each little indentation, and dust everything with more Parmesan.
Bake until the egg whites are set but the yolks are still runny, which will be about 10 more minutes. But, keep a close eye on it! Watching is the best way to nail the doneness of the eggs in this rösti recipe.
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Tools You’ll Need
Box grater or a food processor fit with the grating attachment
Do You Even Rösti??
Crispy, golden-brown potato perfect is hard for even the most grumpy bruncher to resist. This casserole will make for happy mornings and full tummies, and it’s a little dressed up, too, so it’s ideal for holiday celebrations—it just looks pretty and a little festive. When you make it, we’d love to see how beautiful your rösti is! Share a photo and tag us on Instagram using @themodernproper and #themodernproper so that we can see your stuff! Happy eating!
