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Potato Stew

Stewing is a great way to take care of left over potatoes. Potato stew goes well with sausages, meatballs, or smoked, salted or gravad fish.

Potato Stew
Photo: “Potato stew” by Aarno at English Wikibooks, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ingredients

Makes
4
  • 10 boiled or raw potatoes
  • 30 ml wheat flour
  • 4 dl milk, preferably with high fat content (about 3%)
  • 20 ml butter (optional)
  • Salt
  • White pepper
  • Dill

Ingredients for 4 servings (2.1 kg) · the original recipe

Method

  1. 1

    Using boiled potatoes: Peel and dice the cold, already boiled, potatoes; make the cubes about 1–2 cm across.

  2. 2

    Mix the flour with the milk in a saucepan. Be sure to make a smooth mix without lumps; it may help to add just a little bit of milk at the time until a smooth thick substance forms, then add the rest of the milk.

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  3. 3

    Add the butter, and bring the sauce to a boil.

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  4. 4

    Add the potatoes and boil gently for 5 minutes.

  5. 5

    Add salt, pepper, and dill to taste.

  6. 6

    With raw potatoes: Peel and dice the potatoes; make the cubes about 1 cm across.

  7. 7

    Put the diced potatoes in a saucepan, and add milk until it almost covers the potatoes.

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  8. 8

    Simmer until the potatoes are soft (about 10 minutes) stirring occasionally.

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  9. 9

    If the stew is too thin, add some roux to the potatoes and boil for a few more minutes.

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  10. 10

    Add salt, pepper, and dill to taste.

Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.

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