Delicious & Easy Grain-Free Lefse Recipe - Real Food RN (2024)

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I grew up eating Lefse, it's a family tradition. But I came up with a grain-free version for my family. All you need is 5 ingredients and a lefse kit to make this delicious flatbread.

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I grew up eating lefse during the holidays and it was always a favorite treat. We have been gluten-free for years now and I decided it was time to come up with a grain-free version of this holiday favorite. This recipe took a bit of work, but it was worth it because these grain-free lefse are delicious!

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Yield: Makes 50

I grew up eating Lefse, it's a family tradition. But I came up with a grain-free version for my family. All you need is 5 ingredients and a lefse kit to make this delicious flatbread.

Ingredients

Instructions

    1. For the potatoes: boil, mash, and puree.
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    2. Combine potatoes, butter, cream, and salt together in a large mixing bowl.
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    3. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours or overnight.
    4. Once well chilled, stir in the flour.
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    5. Divide dough into balls about 1.5″ across, depending on how large you want your lefse.
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    6. Heat agriddleto 350°F.
    7. Generously flour your work surface.
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    8. Put yoursleeveon your rolling pin and dust that with flour.
    9. Roll dough very thin, like 1/8″.
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    10. Using yourlefse stick, gently lift your dough off the work surface and place it onto the hot griddle.
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    11. Let it cook about 2 minutes, then use yourlefse stickto flip the dough.
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    12. Place in on alefse matand cover with another lefse mat (this keeps them from drying out).
    13. Continue until all of your dough balls are used up.
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    14. Store in a plastic bag in the fridge.
    15. Serve with your favorite filling. We love butter, cinnamon, and sugar!
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    16. IMPORTANT: to reheat and serve, warm them up in a dry skillet on medium-high heat. It will soften them. Otherwise, they will be very brittle and won’t roll up well.

Notes

Some tips:

  1. Your potatoes have to be either riced or pureed, there can be NO lumps. I do not have a ricer, so I pureed them in myfood processor.
  2. You really need some of the special Lefse making equipment. Namely: the griddle, the lefse stick, and the lefse mat. These assure that your lefse is made to perfection!HEREis a kit that has everything needed.

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2 Replies to “Delicious & Easy Grain-Free Lefse Recipe”

  1. I also have to be dairy free. do you think I could sub coconut oil for the butter and full fat coconut cream for the whipping cream?
    Thank you

    Reply

    1. I am not sure that subbing coconut oil will work, but it’s worth a try. The coconut cream should do okay. Let me know how it turns out!

      Reply

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What is the traditional way to eat lefse? ›

Spead softened butter over a lefse (be generous with the butter). Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar and roll lefse to eat. This is the traditional Norwegian way to serve and enjoy lefse.

Did Vikings eat lefse? ›

The tradition dates back to the Vikings and their brauðiskr (bread plate), and flatbrød consists of water, whole-wheat flour and a pinch of salt. Lefse is a soft version of flatbrød, often made with a few more ingredients, like milk and butter.

How was lefse traditionally made? ›

Lefse is a soft Norwegian flatbread, made using traditional recipes and baking methods. Lefse is usually made with potatoes, flour, butter, and milk, cream, or lard. Traditionally, lefse is cooked on a flat griddle, with particular wooden utensils used in the process. Lefse has its roots in Viking food traditions.

What can you use as a substitute for a lefse stick? ›

Lefse Stick (substitute long wooden handle of spoon or even better, an unused wooden paint can stirrer). Grooved Lefse Rolling Pin (regular pin can work).

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