History
Raggmunk codified in 19th-century rural Sweden as a use-up dish for grated leftover potatoes. The word raggmunk means hairy monk (the texture of the strands of grated potato). The dish entered Stockholm's bruna krogar through working-class migration north and remains on every husmanskost menu. Pelikan on Blekingegatan and Lilla Ego's modernised version with löjrom are both reference Stockholm interpretations.
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Common allergens: Gluten, Dairy, Egg
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 1 kg floury potatoes, peeled
- 2 large eggs
- 200ml whole milk
- 100g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 60g butter for frying
- 300g streaky bacon
- Lingonberry jam to serve
Method
- Grate the potatoes on the coarse side of a box grater. Press out the moisture in a clean cloth, removing as much liquid as possible.
- Whisk the eggs, milk, flour, salt and white pepper into a smooth batter. Stir in the grated potatoes.
- Fry the bacon in a hot pan until crisp; set aside on paper.
- Heat 15g butter in a wide non-stick pan over medium heat. Spoon a small ladle of the potato mixture in, spread to a 12-15 cm pancake. Fry 4 minutes a side until deep golden and crisp.
- Keep cooked raggmunkar warm in a low oven while you cook the rest, adding more butter to the pan each time.
- Serve the raggmunkar with the crisp bacon on top and a spoon of lingonberry jam on the side.
Tip from the editors. Pressing the moisture out of the grated potatoes is the make-or-break step; the wetter the mix, the soggier the pancake.
Where to eat raggmunk (potato pancake)
Raggmunk (potato pancake) in Stockholm
Pelikan ★ 4.3
Pelikan on Blekingegatan in Stockholm's Södermalm has cooked husmanskost in the vaulted 1904 hall since the Pelikan name moved from Gamla Stan, meatballs.
OrderThe meatball plate with mash, brown sauce, lingonberry and pickled cucumber.
TipThe smaller dining room is calmer than the big hall. Skip the queue by booking the bar counter online.
Tradition ★ 4.2
Tradition on Österlånggatan in Stockholm's Gamla Stan is a tight Old Town room cooking the Swedish home-canon: pyttipanna, kåldolmar, raggmunk and Toast.
OrderPyttipanna with pickled beetroot and fried egg; the Thursday ärtsoppa with pancakes is the rule.
TipClosed Sunday. Lunch is the better sitting; the kitchen runs the dagens lunch sub-150 kronor.
Tennstopet ★ 4.2
Tennstopet: 1907 journalist's pub on Dalagatan; tourists head to Pelikan but locals know this bar runs later on weeknights with the same husmanskost.
Why locals go1907 journalist's pub on Dalagatan; tourists head to Pelikan but locals know this bar runs later on weeknights with the same husmanskost.
TipOpen seven days; kitchen until 23:00. Bar until 02:00 on Friday and Saturday.
Lilla Ego ★ 4.6
Lilla Ego on Västmannagatan in Stockholm's Vasastan is the Michelin Bib Gourmand neighbourhood room run by three Chef of the Year winners; Daniel Räms still.
SignatureCrispy raggmunk potato pancake with löjrom, Wine-and-snacks bar counter plates
TipOpen Tuesday to Saturday from 17:00; closed Sunday and Monday. Tables are released one month ahead, and the phone line is staffed 15:00 to 17:00.
Kvarnen ★ 4.3
Kvarnen is on tjärhovsgatan in södermalm since 1908; oak-paneled hall the tour buses miss because the stieg larsson tie keeps it on the locals' track.
Why locals goOn Tjärhovsgatan in Södermalm since 1908; oak-paneled hall the tour buses miss because the Stieg Larsson tie keeps it on the locals' track.
TipWalk through to the back room: the Czech beer hall pours small-brewery picks until 03:00 on Friday and Saturday.
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