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Recipe:Mediterranean mashed potatoes

Recipe:Mediterranean mashed potatoes

Why only enjoy Mediterranean food on vacation? You can extend that holiday feeling nicely with the recipe for Mediterranean mashed potatoes.

Side dish for 4 people. Preparation time 30 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 800 g flour potatoes
  • 20 g pine nuts
  • 50 g black pitted olives
  • 50 g dried tomatoes in oil
  • 1 handful of basil leaves
  • 200 ml milk
  • dried chili pepper (mill).
  • Additionally needed:masher or pestle

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Preparation

  • Peel and wash the potatoes, cut them into pieces and boil them for 15-20 minutes.
  • In the meantime, toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan until light brown and let them cool on a cutting board. Chop them coarsely. Also finely chop the olives and tomatoes. Pile up the basil leaves and chop coarsely.
  • Drain the potatoes and let it evaporate.
  • Heat the milk with 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan or in the microwave.
  • Squeeze or mash the potatoes until crumbly. Stir in as much of the milk mixture until you have a smooth puree.
  • Mix in the pine nuts, olives and tomato. Season the puree with salt and chili pepper.

There are many more Mediterranean recipes in the September issue of Santé!

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