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Pyttipanna
Potato and meat hash
Pyttipanna: Swedish fried potato and leftover meat hash with a fried egg and beetroot
Pyttipanna, 'small pieces in a pan', is Sweden's great leftover dish: diced potatoes, onion and whatever cooked meat is left from Sunday (roast beef, ham or sausage, often pork) fried together until crisp, then served with a fried egg on top and pickled beetroot on the side. It is a weekday lunch in every Swedish home and canteen, and a well-known hangover breakfast. The mistake that leaves it pale and steamed is putting everything in the pan at once; the potatoes need a head start to brown before the meat goes in. Reheat the leftover meat until it is steaming hot right through (74 °C). Chef's tip: cut potatoes, onion and meat into the same 1 cm dice, so every forkful has a bit of each.
- Total time
- 30 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lb waxy potatoespeeled and cut into 1 cm dice, or leftover boiled potatoes
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 oz butter
- 1 onionlarge, cut into 1 cm dice
- 12 ½ oz cooked leftover meatroast beef, ham or cooked sausage, cut into 1 cm dice
- ¾ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground white pepper
- ⅓ oz parsleychopped
To serve
- 4 eggs
- ½ oz butterfor frying the eggs
- 7 oz pickled beetrootsliced
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Pat 1 ½ lb waxy potatoes dry. Heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil and half of ½ oz butter in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat and add the potatoes in one layer.
2 minStep 2: Fry for 10–12 minutes, turning every few minutes, until golden on several sides and tender when pierced with a knife.
11 minStep 4: Add 12 ½ oz cooked leftover meat, ¾ tsp salt and ½ tsp ground white pepper and fry for 3–4 minutes more, until the meat is browned at the edges and steaming hot. Stir through ⅓ oz parsley and keep warm.
4 minStep 6: Pile the hash onto plates, top each with an egg and serve with 7 oz pickled beetroot.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 470 kcal
- Protein
- 27 g
- Carbs
- 33 g
- Fat
- 25 g
- Fibre
- 4 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does pyttipanna take?
- About 30 minutes in total: 10 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of waxy potatoes?
- Sweet potato, same weight (sweeter, cooks a little faster).
- What can I use instead of butter?
- The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
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