röstin.
/ˈrəːʃti/, /ˈrɒsti/, U.S. /ˈroʊsti/, /ˈrɑsti/, /ˈroʊʃti/, /ˈrəʃti/ A Swiss dish of grated potatoes, typically shaped into a small patty and fried; (as a count noun) a patty of grated potato. Also in extended use (with modifier): a similar dish or patty made with another root vegetable, etc.
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1906 H. Johnston et al. Living Races of Mankind (new ed.) II. 563 The whole household, servants and all, join in the daily meals, and it is a delight to see them..enjoying their coffee and cream, their cheese, bread and butter, also home-made, and on feast-days their rosti, a famous dish of finely sliced potatoes quickly pan-broiled to a golden brown, and served hot and crisp.
1938 G. J. Keller in E. Fordor 1938 in Europe 610 The common or garden potato becomes a meal in itself..when boiled in the ordinary way and then tossed about in a pan with delicious fried onions and the butter they have been browned in. This is called ‘Roesti’.
1961 P. Cannon Eating European 223 The Swiss Rosti, which is close to being their national home dish, is made with cooked potatoes.
1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 57 Rolled breast of turkey with chestnut and pine-nut stuffing and celeriac rosti.
1999 BBC Vegetarian Good Food Apr. 22/2 Place 4 of the rösti in the pan and flatten each with the back of a fish slice to 10cm in diameter.
2007 Olive May (20 UK Foodie Weekends section) 42/2 A menu that takes in rösti and Yorkshire fat rascals (like fruity scones).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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