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Potato and apple rosti with bresaola-wrapped leeks

Simon Rimmer from Great Food Bites
Simon Rimmer makes potato cakes with a difference in his tasty recipe for apple-flecked rosti, served with roasted leeks

Potato and apple rosti with bresaola-wrapped leeks

Method

1. For the rosti; put the potatoes in a pan with just enough water to cover. Bring to the boil and cook for 7 minutes, before draining in a colander. They should be par-boiled at this stage.

2. When they are cool enough to handle, peel the potatoes and grate into a mixing bowl. Add the grated apple and garlic and season well.

3. Mould the mixture into 6 patties and chill for 1 hour.

4. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6. Trim the leeks and season with salt and pepper. Wrap the bresaola around the leeks, place in a casserole dish and drizzle olive oil on top. Roast for 15 minutes, or until the leeks have softened. Keep warm.

5. Heat enough vegetable oil to cover the bottom of the pan, and fry each rosti for about for about 4-5 minutes on each side. Remove from the pan and drain on kitchen paper.

6. For the dressing, whisk together the vinegar, mustard and garlic and gradually add the oil before tipping in the chopped sage.

7. Place a wrapped leek on top of each rosti and spoon over the dressing. Serve straight away.

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Serves: 4

Prep: 20 min, plus chilling
Cook: 20 min

Ingredients

For the rosti

4 large Maris Piper potatoes, scrubbed, unpeeled.
1 large Cooking Apple, grated
2 large garlic cloves, crushed
6-8 tbsp vegetable oil, for shallow frying
sea-salt and freshly ground black pepper