Rosti With Bacon, Mushrooms, Onion, And Havarti

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 large baking potatoes
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 3 1/2 ounces smoked bacon, thinly sliced
• 3 1/2 ounces onions, diced
• 1 pinch dried thyme
• 3 1/2 ounces mushrooms, diced
• 2 tablespoons oil
• butter, softened
• 6 slices havarti cheese

Recipe

• 1 boil the potatoes in their skins for 20 minutes, drain and leave to cool.
• 2 peel them and using a cheese grater, grate them into a large mixing bowl and sprinkle with salt.
• 3 in a frying pan saute the bacon and onions and thyme.
• 4 add mushrooms and cook for about 5 minutes until soft.
• 5 combine with the potatoes and mix gently, taking care not to mash them too much.
• 6 heat oil in a frying pan and add 3 or 4 spoonfuls of the mixture (see cook's note at the bottom.)
• 7 using a spatula, pat the mixture into a round flat cake.
• 8 brown it over a high heat.
• 9 when the bottom side is cooked flip it over.
• 10 repeat with remaining potatoes to make 6 cakes.
• 11 put 1/2 tablespoon of butter and a slice of cheese on each cake and melt under a hot grill or broiler.
• 12 *cook's note: we find that it's better to cook the rosti individually using 3 or 4 spoonfuls to serve 1 person.