
Everyday meals
Rössypottu
A Finnish stew of potatoes, carrots and minced or sliced meat, often lamb or pork. Slowly simmered, it is a everyday dish in Finnish family kitchens.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
On the side
Instructions
- Cut the meat into 2 cm pieces, peel the potatoes and cut them into large cubes, then peel and slice the carrots and onions.
- In a large pot, bring the water to the boil, add the meat and skim off the foam that rises for a few minutes.
- Add the onions, sliced leek, carrots, bay leaves and thyme, then let it simmer gently for 30 minutes.
- Stir in the potatoes and continue simmering for another 20 minutes, until they are tender.
- Whisk the flour into the cold milk, then pour the mixture into the pot while stirring to thicken the stew.
- Let it thicken for 5 minutes over low heat, stirring regularly, without letting it boil hard.
- Season with salt and pepper, and remove the bay leaves.
- Serve in deep bowls, sprinkled with chopped dill, with rye bread.
Variations and tips
Vegetarian version. Leave out the meat and replace the water with vegetable stock; add sliced mushrooms along with the potatoes.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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