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Rössypottu: photo of the dish
Illustrative photo: Ville Siliämaa — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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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.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Instructions

  1. Cut the meat into 2 cm pieces, peel the potatoes and cut them into large cubes, then peel and slice the carrots and onions.
  2. In a large pot, bring the water to the boil, add the meat and skim off the foam that rises for a few minutes.
  3. Add the onions, sliced leek, carrots, bay leaves and thyme, then let it simmer gently for 30 minutes.
  4. Stir in the potatoes and continue simmering for another 20 minutes, until they are tender.
  5. Whisk the flour into the cold milk, then pour the mixture into the pot while stirring to thicken the stew.
  6. Let it thicken for 5 minutes over low heat, stirring regularly, without letting it boil hard.
  7. Season with salt and pepper, and remove the bay leaves.
  8. 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.

More ideas

Original Ecomely recipe.