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Potato Ring (Potato Border)

Potato border from Erken 1914: mashed potato of 1 kg potatoes with 80 g butter, 3 eggs, and 1¼ dl milk, baked in a buttered ring mold at about 200 °C for 30–45 min, turned out, and filled with a meat or fish ragout.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 357 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Ring molds were very popular in Norwegian bourgeois cookery around 1900. The potato border was baked in a ring mold, turned out onto a platter, and filled with a ragout of meat or fish — an efficient way to stretch a small amount of meat into a whole meal.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Mash the potatoes

    Steam the freshly boiled, warm potatoes dry, cut them up, and mash them completely fine or press them through a potato ricer.

  2. 2

    Combine the mixture

    Melt the butter in a pot and stir in the potato mass. Take the pot off the heat and stir in the milk, the beaten eggs, salt, and pepper.

  3. 3

    Fill the mold

    Put the mixture into a well-buttered ring mold coated with rusk crumbs.

  4. 4

    Bake

    Bake in a good hot oven (about 200 °C (390 °F)) for 30–45 minutes.

  5. 5

    Serve

    Turn the border out onto a platter and fill the center with a ragout of meat or fish.

Changes from the original

Measurements converted to modern units (1¼ deciliter milk). Oven temperature is given (200 °C (390 °F)) for the original's "good hot oven." The language of the steps has been modernized.

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From19141949Modernised
To19141949Modernised
Modernised → 1949 (proofread, p. 394)~76% of the text changedremovedadded
1 kg ½ kg. poteter (kokte og varme). 80 g smør. gr. smør 3 stk egg (vispet). 1 ts salt (etter smak). 0,25 ts pepper (etter smak). 1,25 dl 1½ del. melk eller fløte. 1 ss smør (til forming). 2 ss kavring (støtt, til å strø formen). Damp de nykokte, De kokte, varme potetene poteter dampes tørre, skjær dem opp skjæres op og gni dem helt gnides ganske fine eller press dem gjennom potetpresse.. Smelt smøret presses gjennem presse. Smøret smeltes i en gryte og rør inn potetmassen. Ta gryten gryte, irøres potetmassen, tas av varmen og rør inn varmen, irøres melken, de vispede eggene, egg, salt og pepper.. Ha massen pepper. Has i en godt smurt og med kavring strødd ringform.. Stek form og stekes i godt varm ovn (ca. 200 °C) i 30–45 minutter.. Hvelv ranten på et fat ½—¾ time. Hvelves, og fyll i midten med av randen fylles en eller annen stuing av kjøtt eller fisk.

Note on Modernised

Mål er omregnet til moderne enheter (1¼ desiliter melk). Ovnstemperatur er angitt (200 °C), som originalens «godt varm ovn». Språket i trinnene er modernisert.

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Frequently asked questions

How long should the potato ring bake?
In a good hot oven for half to three-quarters of an hour, in a well-buttered and coated mold.
What do you fill the ring with?
After the ring is turned out, the center is filled with a ragout of meat or fish.
How are the potatoes handled?
Boiled, warm potatoes are steamed dry, cut up, and mashed completely fine or pressed through a ricer. They are then stirred into melted butter, and the pot is taken off the heat before milk/cream, beaten eggs, salt, and pepper are stirred in.
Where does the recipe come from?
From Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (1914), page 357. It is intended for 6 servings with 1 kg potatoes, 80 g butter, 3 eggs, and 1 1/4 dl milk or cream.

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