Crab rösti

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Max Coen's potato rösti begins by steam-roasting grated, buttered potato, which is then deep-fried until crispy, and topped with delicate white crab meat, blood orange and puntarelle for an indulgent yet fresh starter.

First published in 2025

Ingredients

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For the potato rösti

For serving

Equipment

  • Thermometer

Method

1

Salt the grated potato liberally, then let sit for 10 minutes

2

Rinse the salt off the potatoes by submerging them in cold water, draining them in a colander and then repeating

3

Squeeze the water out of the potatoes, a little at a time, and pour some of the butter on each handful as you go to prevent it from oxidising, until all the butter is used up

4

Season the buttered potato with salt, mix well and then place in a pan lined with greaseproof paper

5

Place another pan on top to weigh down the potatoes

6

Preheat the oven to 170°C fan

7

Bake for 1 hour to steam roast. Once the potatoes reach 97°C in the middle and they’re completely soft, they’re ready

8

Place weights over the pan on top of the potatoes – like heavy tins – and chill overnight in the fridge

9

Mix the crab meat with lemon juice and black pepper to taste

10

Cut each rösti into triangles

11

Heat up a few centimetres of oil in a high-sided, heavy bottomed saucepan to 180°C

  • vegetable oil, for frying
12

Deep-fry the rösti until golden and crisp on the outside, cooking the slices in batches, then drain on kitchen towel and season with salt

13

Place the crab on top of the rösti – 20g per portion – and garnish with some blood orange, then some puntarelle and finish with black pepper

  • 1 blood orange, supremed and thinly sliced
  • 1 handful of puntarelle, thinly sliced on a mandolin
First published in 2025

A star-studded career with stints at Frantzén and Ikoyi helped inform Max Coen’s creative cooking. Now, at his Notting Hill restaurant Dorian, he’s throwing away some of the fine-dining norms to create his own style of uniquely delicious food: and the city is all the better for it.   

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