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Matjes Casserole

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 40 mins
Total Time 1 hr
Course Main Course
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 6 large potato (s)
  • 8 herring fillet (s)
  • 1 large onion (s)
  • 1 large leek stick (s)
  • 1 bunch chives
  • 1 bunch dill
  • 4 leaves Swiss chard
  • some pepper
  • 2 cups sour cream
  • 2 cups crème fraîche
  • 2 slices toast, diced and toasted
  • some butter for the mold
Matjes Casserole
Matjes Casserole

Instructions

  1. Boil 6 large potatoes for 15 minutes. Peel and slice them.
  2. Dice the onion. Cut the leek into rings. Chop the Swiss chard finely. Snip the chives and dill with scissors. Mix the sour cream with the crème fraîche and some pepper.
  3. Butter a baking dish. Layer half the sliced potatoes on the bottom. Scatter half the diced onion and leek rings over them. Sprinkle half the chives and dill over the vegetables. Arrange half the herring fillets, cut into pieces, on top. Pour half the sour cream mixture over this layer.
  4. Repeat with the remaining potatoes, onion, leek, chives, dill, Swiss chard, and herring fillets. Pour the remaining sour cream mixture over the top. Sprinkle the toasted bread cubes over everything and press lightly.
  5. Bake at 200°C (392°F) on the lowest rack of the oven for 40 minutes.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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