Members of the Swiss Farmer’s Union cooked up the 13 square metre rösti in the shape of the Swiss cross in front of the parliament building in Bern on Monday.
The successful attempt at beating the previous record of 10 square metres marked the 125th anniversary of the farmers’ lobby group.
The giant rösti used up 1,350kgs of potatoes that stretch to 3,000 separate portions, which are being dished up to passers-by in parliament square.
“The recipe itself is very simple: potatoes, butter, salt, but what makes all the difference is of course the love of all our cooks,” Laurence Bovey of the Farmer’s Union told Swiss public broadcaster RTS.
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