Making Lefse

Tammy and her aunt Joyce show the art of making Lefse

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• making
• lefse
• norwegian
• food
• delicacy

[Callejeraa]

This is really great:) I'm Norwegian and have never ever seen anyone make it before! Awesome you guys keep up the tradition!

[onekgguy]

Thanks!

[Borderite76]

how much dough do you use per piece of lefse? how do you measure how much dough your using?

[onekgguy]

my aunt and i make it together. We guestimate but its about the size of a golfball. My aunt rolls the lefse in her hands and puts them in the refrigerator to keep them cold. The amount of dough depends on how thick you like your lefse. We roll them pretty thin...you can make out the lines on the pastry cloth through the lefse. Hope that helps

[TSB12556]

I have been making lefse for many years and I only turn it once on the board. Roll it about half way, turn, and finish and on the grill it goes. I was taught that too much turning will make it tough. I use 1 stick of butter and 1 cup whipping cream to 8 C of potatoes and it makes nice brown spots when baked. Det er smakke godt!

[nancylebon]

It looks nice, wish they explain how it is done, it said potatoes? is it raw or boil and mash?? wish they show us how the dough is made.

[mlbirdinground]

@Callejeraa its a recent tradition...........Potatoes are not native to Europe.

[MarsExodus]

uff da now i'm craving some lefse! thanks for the tips it's helpful to watch others. my first try at making lefse, i made tasty potato crackers ;)

[dvdfrnzwbr]

Looks like tortillas to me.

[annachronistic]

Grandma used to make this but I never learned. I have made Krumkake though.

[m1cab]

I used to make them as a child with my dear grandma. Now I bought the pan or whatever you call it in English? In Norwegian it`s called a "takke". Want to take up the tradition, and homemade is so much better!

Thanks for teaching me how to do it!

!

[Devil9h]

what kinda name is tammy anyway, dosent sound norwegian at all...

[jefftherippa]

Lefse is wonderful, you should see my household come holiday time, we make like a hundred lefse's all from my Grandma Larson's recipe, don't worry the tradition is gettin passed down it's near and dear !! great vid except we don't add sugar nor half and half, but this looks damn good :)