Potato Mash with Wild Garlic Pesto
Potato mash with wild garlic pesto is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the pesto category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 1.5 kg potatoes
- 350 ml milk
- 4 tbsp butter
- Salt
- freshly grated nutmeg
- 125 g wild garlic
- 30 g finely grated Parmesan
- 50 g lightly toasted pine nuts
- 125 ml olive oil
- Salt
- black pepper
Instructions
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1.
Wash the potatoes and steam them for about 30 minutes.
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2.
Peel the potatoes, press them through a potato masher, add butter and hot milk, and mix with a wooden spoon into a loose mash. Season with salt and nutmeg.
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3.
Wash the wild garlic leaves and shake or pat them dry.
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4.
Slice the leaves into fine strips. Lightly toast the pine nuts in a dry pan. Roughly chop the toasted nuts with a knife and combine them with the wild garlic strips in a mortar. Grind until finely chopped. Grate the Parmesan finely and add it to bind the mixture.
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5.
Add olive oil gradually until the pesto reaches the desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
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6.
Distribute the mash onto plates and serve with the pesto on top. Garnish with additional wild garlic leaves if desired.
