Jansson's Temptation
I don't know where the name comes from, but the dish is really called Jansson's Temptation. And it's delicious. One of my faves from the christmas foods, but it's also served at Easter or as a late night snack. It's very salty but still sweet - Swedish anchovies are cured in a sweet brine and not very fishy. My favorite way to eat this is to pair it with meatballs. Yum!
Jansson's Temptation
4-5 medium potatoes, roughly grated
1 small can of Swedish flat anchovies (125 g)
1 large onion, thinly sliced
salt, pepper
300 ml of heavy cream
Preheat the oven to 225°C. Mix the potatoes with the onions, and add a little bit of salt and pepper. Put half of the mix in a buttered oven proof dish. Top with all of the anchovies. Add the rest of the potatoes and onions. Drizzle over half of the cream, and put in the oven. After about twenty minutes, add the rest of the cream. Bake until it has some color - about twenty more minutes, so 40 minutes in total.
posted by Anne at 12:06
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6 Comments:
I love Jansson's Temptation too...I use peeled, sliced celery root for half of the potatoes. This version the taught in a New-Age Scandanvian (sp) Class. sue
I was telling a friend about this dish last week. I made it years ago for a party and everyone loved it. I'll look for Swedish anchovies. Now I want to make it again. It is very tempting.
One of my favorite recipes. To cut some calories you can substitute half of the cream with milk, but I like the all-cream version better. I like the idea of using celery root. Parsnips might work too.
We learned to make this years ago and it's been one of our favorite potato recipes. Absolutely delicious!
Surprised you didn't know the answer to the name, this classic Swedish dish gets its name from the story that this was the food that tempted Jansson, a religious fanatic, to renounce his vow to give up earthly pleasures. It perfectly illustrates the thrifty technique of adding a little of something rich and flavourful (in this case, cream and anchovies) to lots of something mild and filling (good old potatoes). A temptation indeed.
Anonymous - that was a new one for me. There are many, many theories on the name, and another one is on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janssons_frestelse
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