Cookbook:Potato Casserole (Rakott Krumpli)

| Cuisine of Hungary

Rakott krumpli is a popular Hungarian potato casserole.

Ingredients

 * 6 medium potatoes
 * 4 hard boiled eggs
 * Salt
 * 1 kolbász (Hungarian sausage) or 1 cup diced ham (optional)
 * 4 tablespoons olive oil
 * 350 grams sour cream around 40% fat (called tejföl or smetana)

Procedure

 * 1) Cook the potatoes for about 15–20 minutes.
 * 2) Peel the potatoes and the eggs.
 * 3) Slice the potatoes, eggs, and sausage.
 * 4) Put a little olive oil in a baking dish. Arrange alternating layers of potatoes, eggs, and salt or sausage in the dish.
 * 5) Drizzle olive oil over the filling, and top with sour cream.
 * 6) Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C for about 35 minutes.

Notes, tips, and variations

 * Traditionally most Hungarian cooking used lard (preferably home-made) but olive oil works just as well as a substitution.