Mashed Carrots and Potatoes
- Total Time
- 7 minutes
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Ingredients
- Kosher salt
- 2pounds baking potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
- 2pounds carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
- 2-4 tablespoons butter
- Pinch saffron, crumbled
- Grated zest of one lemon
- ¼ to ½cup milk or crème fraîche
Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)
198 calories; 7 grams fat; 4 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 2 grams monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 33 grams carbohydrates; 5 grams dietary fiber; 7 grams sugars; 4 grams protein; 589 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Boil the vegetables separately in salted water until very tender, 5 to 7 minutes, then drain. In one of the pans you used for boiling, mash the carrots well with the butter, saffron and lemon zest, then add the potatoes and mash well. Thin with milk or crème fraîche and add salt to taste — don’t be shy about it.
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Even better if you cook the veggies in chicken broth/stock - I usually add some rutabaga and thyme and pepper in place of lemon & saffron ..
it's my great grandmother's recipe - great for Thanksgiving with gravy!
This was tasty and popular and easy. The carrots need to be cooked for a little longer than the potatoes, so put them on to boil before the potatoes.
And then IF there any leftovers you fry them up, throw a couple fried eggs on top. :-)
Oh my gosh this is a great idea. I just whipped it up just now in like 20 minutes including the cutting of the vegies, cut them pretty small so the 5-7 minutes was perfect. They came out tasting better than I could have imagined. And looking just like the picture.
5-7 minutes will not make vegetables cut in “chunks” anywhere near “very tender” but it’s the kind of error that I’d expect from Pete Wells attempting to be a cook.
Tasty combination. And an attractive side dish. Using creme fraiche instead of milk added that certain something.