Geschnetzeltes and Rositi

Ingredients

Geschnetzeltes

1 x chicken breast cut into strips
1 slice of onion, finely diced
6 sliced mushrooms
¼ cup of cream
¼ cup white wine
Fresh tarragon or dried (can be omitted)
Salt & pepper
½ tablespoon Butter

Rositi

2 medium potatoes parboiled in their skin, peeled and grated and seasoned.
Butter

Method

Geschnetzeltes is a traditional Swiss-German dish usually made with veal, but can be made with chicken. Chicken strips pan fried with sliced mushrooms with white wine, then cream added. Suitable for Halal (alcohol in the wine evaporates in cooking). Not suitable for vegans.

Rositi is also a typical Swiss-German potato pancake, grated potato fried in butter.

Geschnetzeltes

Fry chicken in butter till no longer pink
Add wine and mushrooms and cook till reduced and chicken cooked
Add cream and season
Add tarragon (if using)
Further cook till sauce is creamy.
Serve with Rosti

Rositi

Form into two balls, then fry in butter, make sure to flatten before frying.
Fry till crisp before attempting to flip or they can break up.

About the Chef

My father was French and my mother was Swiss. I was brough up in Switzerland mainly in Geneva where my mother owned an inn on the French and Swiss Border.
I followed in my mother’s footsteps and became a chef. I owned a restaurant in Broome. Have been an army reserve cook in Geraldton.

Tanya