🇨🇭 Switzerland recipe
Aelplermagronen
Alpine herdsman's macaroni is the ultimate Swiss mountain comfort food, born from the need to create a hearty one-pot meal from the limited pantry of a high-altitude cheese dairy. Short pasta and cubed potatoes are bound together with cream and melted Gruyere, then topped with golden caramelized onions. The traditional and essential accompaniment is cold, tart applesauce, whose acidity perfectly balances the richness of the dish.
Prep15 mins
Cook35 mins
Serves4
Difficultyeasy
Ingredients
- 300g short pasta (penne, elbow macaroni, or hoernli)
- 400g waxy potatoes, peeled and cut into 1.5cm cubes
- 200g Gruyere cheese, coarsely grated
- 200ml heavy cream
- 100ml whole milk
- 2 large onions, halved and thinly sliced into half-moons
- 40g unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Freshly grated nutmeg
- Applesauce for serving
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 480
- Protein
- 18 g
- Carbs
- 42 g
- Fat
- 26 g
