Title: Daetscher
Categories: German
Yield: 1 Servings

15	g	Yeast
500	g	Flour
125	g	Butter- or lard-schmaltz
200	g	Potatoes, boiled, skinned
50	g	Butter
5	tb	Dairy sour cream
		Salt to taste
		Caraway seeds to taste
		Milk (a little)

Crumble the yeast and mix with the luke warm milk and a little flour to form a preliminary dough. Let it rest for 30 minutes. In the meantime, grind the potatoes. Combine with the preliminary dough, the schmaltz and the rest of the flour. Roll out this dough to thin, plate sized rounds. Place on a greased baking sheet, spread butter and sour cream on top, sprinkle with salt and caraway seeds. Bake at 225 degrees Celsius until golden brown. Serve at once. Is usually accompanied by a good Franconian wine or dark beer.

From: Kulinarische Streifzuege durch Franken, sigloch edition, 1980, ISBN 3 8003 0147 4; translated for you by Volkhart Baumgaertner

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