Name: Caramelised shallot mash
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 50g butter; 125g shallot (about 6), thinly sliced; 2 thyme sprigs; ½ tsp caster sugar; 2kg Maris Piper potato peeled and quartered; 200ml milk

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Caramelised shallot mash

Caramelised shallot mash

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Serves 8

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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A low-fat, but creamy and delicious mash that's made to be eaten with sausages

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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50g butter
125g shallot

(about 6), thinly sliced
2 thyme

sprigs
½ tsp caster sugar
2kg Maris Piper potato

peeled and quartered
200ml milk

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal249
fat6g
saturates4g
carbs45g
sugars4g
fibre4g
protein6g
salt0.17g

low

Method

step 1

Heat a large frying pan. Melt a knob of the butter and add the shallots and thyme sprigs. Cook over a low heat for 20 mins, stirring occasionally, until soft and golden. Add the sugar and cook 5-10 mins more until light brown.
step 2

Meanwhile, boil the potatoes for 15 mins or until soft. Gently heat the milk and remaining butter in a small pan, just until boiling, then drain the potatoes well and return to the cooking pan. Mash until smooth, then stir in the warm buttery milk and season well. Tip most of the shallots into the mash, discarding the thyme stalks and mix in. Top with the leftover shallots and serve straight away.

RECIPE TIPS

PREPARE AHEAD

The mash can be completely made and the shallots cooked up to 2 days ahead ready to be reheated in a pan or microwave mixed together.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2009

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