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Raspeball (Norwegian Grated Potato Dumplings)

One serving has 428 kcal and 13 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of pyridoxine (67%), thiamin (47%), niacin (40%), vitamin C (35%), phosphorus (34%) and manganese (32%). Ready in 73 minutes.

Raspeball (Norwegian Grated Potato Dumplings)
Photo: Jarvin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • Preparation: 25 min
  • Cooking: 48 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (326 g)
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Diets: Dairy-free
  • Contains: gluten, pork

Ingredients

  • 200 g Potatoes, russet, raw
  • 25 g Flour, all-purpose
  • 1 g Salt
  • 40 g Bacon, raw
  • 60 g Rutabaga, raw

Method

  1. Peel the potatoes; finely grate about half and boil the other half until tender, then mash.
  2. Mix the grated raw potato with the mashed potato, flour and salt to make a firm dough, and shape into 3-4 round dumplings.
  3. Lower the dumplings into a large pot of gently simmering salted water, along with the bacon and the rutabaga, and cook for 45-50 minutes until the dumplings are cooked through and no longer starchy in the centre.
  4. Lift out the dumplings, bacon and rutabaga.
  5. Slice the bacon and mash the rutabaga, then serve alongside the warm dumplings, traditionally with extra butter or bacon fat spooned over.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy428 kcal20%
Carbohydrates60.4 g
Water233 mL
Fiber4.7 g16%
Protein13 g27%
Tryptophan0.03 g
Threonine0.07 g
Isoleucine0.09 g
Leucine0.18 g
Lysine0.06 g
Methionine0.05 g
Cystine0.05 g
Phenylalanine0.13 g
Tyrosine0.08 g
Valine0.1 g
Histidine0.06 g
Fat15.3 g
Monounsaturated6.4 g
Polyunsaturated2.5 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-62.2 g
Saturated5.2 g
Trans-Fats0.06 g
Cholesterol26.4 mg
Calcium58.2 mg6%
Copper0.28 mg31%
Iron3.3 mg18%
Magnesium68.7 mg22%
Manganese0.57 mg32%
Phosphorus235 mg34%
Potassium1,124 mg24%
Selenium17.7 µg32%
Sodium706 mg
Zinc1.4 mg17%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.52 mg47%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.25 mg23%
Niacin (vitamin B3)5.6 mg40%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1 mg21%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.87 mg67%
Folate (vitamin B9)86.3 µg22%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.2 µg8%
Choline52.8 mg12%
Vitamin A4.4 µg1%
Vitamin C26.4 mg35%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)6.4 IU1%
Vitamin E0.43 mg3%
Vitamin K3.9 µg4%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.5 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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